Yorick vs Cho'Gath TOP Matchup Guide

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Overview

Use graves and to set up ghouls and pressure Cho'Gath's wave control.
Your goal is to force Cho'Gath to respond to Maiden's tower pressure rather than farm safely.
This matchup favors splitpush where you leverage sustained side-lane threat against his tank scaling.

Start trades with graves prepared and land to ensure ghouls apply pressure.
Trap Cho'Gath with when he is immobile or committed, then let Maiden convert trades into tower damage.
Punish missed or cooldowns by stepping forward with ghouls and marks.

Respect knockup and silence cooldowns to avoid interrupted trades.
Avoid fighting without graves or Maiden to prevent losing trades due to low threat.
Stay out of execute range on low health to prevent sudden deaths.

Prioritize preparing graves before engaging; avoid extended trades before level 6 and Maiden availability.
Use to mark Cho'Gath and follow with ghouls only when graves are ready.
Thin the wave early to deny Cho'Gath free farm and punish his predictable last-hit timings.

At level 6, summon Maiden to increase side-lane pressure; protect her to force Cho'Gath's response.
Prepared graves plus landing creates heavy pressure that forces Cho'Gath off the wave.
Punish Cho'Gath before he stacks health with and avoid low-health trades post-level 6.

Use graves, marks, and traps to force Cho'Gath into bad trades and wave states.
Keep Maiden alive to maintain sustained tower pressure and create side-lane threats.
Deny Cho'Gath free scaling by punishing his cooldowns and forcing him to answer your splitpush rather than farm.

Tactical tip

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