LeBlanc vs Cho’Gath Counter Pick

104 games is the thinnest kind of evidence, so the 58.7% LeBlanc holds on patch 16.13.1 should be read as a direction rather than a precise figure. The direction is sound, though. Cho’Gath operates at 125 attack range and LeBlanc at 525, and nothing in his kit closes that distance: Rupture is a delayed ground effect, Feral Scream is a cone, and Vorpal Spikes rides his own attacks. A mage who never has to stand inside those ranges collects free damage every wave.

The complication is that Cho’Gath does not die to it. He starts with 644 health and 38 armor, and Feast permanently raises his maximum health on each successful kill, so a burst pattern calibrated against 2,242 at level 18 can find a much larger target by the mid game. Carnivore restores health and mana whenever he kills a unit, undoing poke between waves. Feral Scream is the real threat, because a silence landing on the Sigil of Malice detonation window costs LeBlanc the whole combo, and with 598 health, 22 armor and 93.4 at level 18 she cannot afford a follow-up Rupture. Mirror Image covers exactly one mistake once she drops under 40% health, and nothing past that. Sitting at maximum range and refusing the silence is what keeps LeBlanc ahead of Cho’Gath here.