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Cho'Gath Rework

FoxFyre·1/18/2017, 1:02:46 AM·3 votes·6,754 views

(This thread was removed from Concepts and Creations because it was in the wrong place. Sorry, mods!) You probably thought this was just another "Oh this champion is boring/OP/underpowered, rework pls" thread. But it was me, Dio!

But actually, I came up with a Cho'Gath rework while I should have been doing homework. Now, I admit I'm no balance expert, so this could be a totally unfair rework, could end up being weak, or, hopefully, will end up just right.

Without further ado, this is my idea of a Cho'Gath rework.

Passive: Unchanged (?) Q- Rupture. Cost: 65/75/85/95/105 mana. Range: 950 Sends a fissure to a targeted location. Enemies in the targeted location when the fissure reaches it are knocked airborne for 1 second and take 80/135/190/245/305 (+100% Ability Power) magic damage. Enemies hit by the fissure will take half damage and be knocked slightly to the side, slowed by 50%, decaying over 2 seconds. (The fissure will be similar to a thin Braum ult, and the “targeted location” will be identical to Cho’Gath’s current Q.)

W- Feral Scream. Cost: 70/80/90/100/110 mana. Range: 200-700 First cast: Cho’Gath rears back his head, gradually increasing the range, damage, and silence duration of his scream. Second cast: Cho’Gath screams, dealing 50/80/110/140/180 (plus 40% AP) to 90/150/200/275/320 (+80% Ability Power) magic damage depending on the length of first cast, from 0-5 seconds. If not cast a second time within 5 seconds, half the mana cost is refunded and the ability goes back on CD. While preparing his scream, Cho’Gath is slowed by 25% and cannot use any abilities. (except for maybe summoner spells, for the sick flash-W's)

E- Vorpal Spikes/Vorpal Missile Active cost: 40/50/55/60/75 mana Active range: 550 Passive: Basic attacks launch spikes that deal 20/35/50/65/80 (+30% Ability Power) magic damage. Spikes grow wider as Cho'Gath gains Feast stacks. Active: Cho’Gath fires a projectile from his mouth that deals 50/70/100/120/150 (+50% Ability Power). On collision with a unit, the missile splits into two smaller projectiles that fire in a 45 degree angle behind the first unit hit. The smaller projectiles have a range of 300 and their damage is reduced by 50%. Each unit killed with Vorpal Missile replenishes 12/15/17/20/24 mana. (Passive is disabled while the active is on cooldown)

R- Feast Mostly unchanged. Cooldown restoration on minion/monster kill reduced to 33%. Also, possible stack rewards? 3 Stacks: Tremors from Cho’Gath’s footsteps slow enemy units by 20% when they are within 300 range of Cho’Gath. 6 Stacks: Deal 3% of nearby (within a circle of radius 200 units) enemies’ health in magic damage every 2 seconds.

1 Comments

Iuderp Gunpotato2/11/2017, 6:34:04 AM1 votes

I'm no balance expert either, but I know a decent amount on game balance. While this does seem like a fair way to give substantial control over his abilities, it doesn't really help the actual problems cho'gath has that would command a rework. His main flaw is that he is too skillshot dependant, and adding even more skillshots with notably large numbers such as here would not help that problem. Also, with these numbers, he might end up like Skarner on release where his abilities are powerful, but he runs out of mana too quickly to properly and realistically use them. I admit that this does fit his play fanatasy quite well (except maybe the new E), and the detail of the kit to create a sense of thourough kit significance is qutie nice.