Cho'Gath FAQ

Lissandra T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#109

Win Rate

48.19%

Pick Rate

0.48%

Lissandra the Ice Witch Lissandra is a battle-mage who controls space through crowd control and zone denial. She excels at engaging, locking down priority targets, and turning her own body into a frozen trap. In ARAM: Mayhem, she becomes a relentless initiator who can start fights on her terms almost every few seconds. Core Identity She is the queen of "jump on you and die slowly." Lissandra wants to blink into the enemy team, stun someone, and survive long enough to do it again. Her kit rewards aggression over patience. You exist to start fights, not to poke from the back. Role in Mayhem Primary Engage: Your Claw dash lets you close distance instantly. In Mayhem's chaotic environment, you can reach backliners before they react. Counter-Dive Tool: Self-cast ultimate makes you unkillable for a window while damaging everyone around you. Assassins who jump in often trade their lives for nothing. Zone Control: The slow field from your passive and abilities creates dangerous ground. Enemies either walk through it and get caught, or sidestep and lose positioning. Signature Pattern Cast Claw to start moving. Mid-flight, queue your Ring. Land, root the target, and immediately ult either them or yourself depending on who else is nearby. If you're getting collapsed on, self-ult and let your team clean up. If you caught a squishy alone, ult them and watch them die in place. What Changes in Mayhem Ability haste and reduced cooldowns transform Lissandra from a one-and-done engager into a repeatable threat. In standard ARAM, you wait for the perfect moment because your cooldowns are long. Here, you can afford to test engages. Missed Claw? It's back soon. Wasted ult? You'll have it again before the next major fight. Snowball becomes even more flexible. You can Snowball in, save Claw for repositioning, or use Claw first and keep Snowball as a backup escape. The faster pace means enemies group tighter, which makes your area-of-effect damage and crowd control more valuable. View champion guide

Rek'Sai T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#110

Win Rate

47.51%

Pick Rate

0.13%

Rek'Sai the Void Burrower Rek'Sai is a melee diver who hunts through vibration. In standard modes, she is a jungler who relies on tunnels and map pressure. In ARAM: Mayhem, she becomes a relentless skirmisher who can engage, knock up multiple targets, and survive burst through quick burrow-heal cycles. Her signature pattern is simple: burrow to spot enemies, tunnel in, knock up a priority target, then auto-attack until they die or you need to disengage. The Mayhem format speeds up her tunnel cooldowns and lets her sustain more effectively in the constant teamfight environment. You are not farming. You are fishing for picks every few seconds. What changes in Mayhem is the pace. Tunnels break faster but come back quicker. Her ultimate, Void Rush, becomes a frequent execute tool rather than a long-cooldown commitment. Snowball (Mark/Dash) gives her a second engage angle, making her much harder to kite compared to Summoner's Rift. If you enjoy champions that force fights and refuse to leave, Rek'Sai fits the mode well. View champion guide

Taliyah T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#111

Win Rate

47.92%

Pick Rate

0.37%

Taliyah the Stoneweaver Taliyah is a control mage who shapes the battlefield with terrain manipulation and sustained area damage. She excels at zoning enemies, disrupting movement, and locking down targets with her crowd control chain. In ARAM: Mayhem, her ability to create walls and control narrow corridors becomes even more valuable on the single-lane map. Her signature pattern revolves around Threaded Volley on worked ground, where she fires fast projectiles that chunk health over time. She sets up kills with Seismic Shove to knock enemies into her team, then follows with Unraveled Earth to catch anyone trying to escape. Her ultimate, Rock Surfing, lets her roam quickly or cut off retreat paths—a powerful tool in the constant fighting of Mayhem. In this mode, Taliyah shifts from a roaming mid-laner into a dedicated zone controller. The reduced cooldowns and accelerated gold income let her spam abilities more freely, and the confined space means her walls and knockups are harder to avoid. She thrives when she can poke from a distance and punish overextensions with her burst combo. View champion guide

Rakan T3

Tier

T3

Rank

#112

Win Rate

49.18%

Pick Rate

0.25%

Rakan The Charmer Rakan is a mobile support designed to set up plays and keep his carry alive. He pairs naturally with Xayah, but in ARAM: Mayhem, he functions as a strong independent engager. His identity revolves around dancing in and out of fights, layering shields, and locking down multiple enemies with his crowd control. In Mayhem, the faster pace and reduced cooldowns make his engage pattern much safer. He can dive the backline, ult, and dash back to an ally without waiting long for his cooldowns to reset. Expect to see him build tanky with ability haste, constantly looking for the angle to start a fight. View champion guide

Mel T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#113

Win Rate

48.22%

Pick Rate

1.08%

Mel, the Soul's Reflection Mel is a deceptive skirmisher who dances around fights using reflections and positional swaps. She thrives in the chaos of ARAM: Mayhem, where constant team fights let her stack her passive and look for big engage angles. Her signature pattern is creating a mirror image to confuse enemies, then swapping places to dodge key spells or reposition for a kill. In Mayhem, she plays as a mobile damage dealer who can initiate or clean up. The accelerated gold and experience help her hit her item spikes faster, turning her into a slippery threat that's hard to pin down. She's not a pure tank or a long-range mage—she wants to fight in the middle of the fray, using her clones to bait out enemy cooldowns. View champion guide

Nasus T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#114

Win Rate

47.89%

Pick Rate

0.37%

Nasus the Curator of the Sands Nasus is a scaling juggernaut who turns time into a win condition. His entire identity revolves around Siphoning Strike—stacking permanent damage on every last-hit until a single Q deletes health bars. In standard modes, he suffers from a weak early game and gets kited endlessly. ARAM: Mayhem fixes both problems. The single-lane format guarantees constant minion waves. You never run out of stacks. The Mayhem pacing means you hit your power spikes faster, and the mode's specific augments give Nasus tools he never gets on Summoner's Rift: gap-close, crowd control reduction, and enough sustain to walk through poke. Play him as a mid-range bully who transitions into a raid boss. You don't chase kills early—you chase stacks. Once the damage ramps up, you force fights on your terms, wither priority targets, and take objectives in seconds. View champion guide

Quinn T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#115

Win Rate

47.26%

Pick Rate

0.42%

Quinn, Demacia's Wings Quinn is a mobile marksman who blends rapid single-target damage with strong roaming and pick potential. In standard modes she splits her time between lane and ganking other lanes with her ultimate. In ARAM: Mayhem, that roaming aspect disappears, but her burst and mobility become far more dangerous in the constant teamfight environment. Her core identity is simple: mark a target, auto-attack to consume the mark for bonus damage, and reposition. She excels at finishing low-health enemies and dodging key abilities with her Vault. The Mayhem format's increased gold and experience gain means she hits her item power spikes much earlier, turning her into a lethal assassin-style marksman who can delete squishies before they react. What changes most in Mayhem is her ultimate's relevance. In normal ARAM, Quinn's R feels awkward because there's nowhere to roam. Here, the faster pace and frequent engagements let her use the execute damage and repositioning more aggressively. She becomes a cleanup specialist who thrives when fights turn chaotic. View champion guide

Lucian T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#116

Win Rate

47.86%

Pick Rate

0.97%

Lucian the Purifier Lucian is a mobile marksman designed to weave abilities between auto-attacks. His core identity revolves around his passive, Lightslinger: after casting any ability, his next two basic attacks fire instantly. This rhythm—cast, shoot, shoot, cast—defines his entire playstyle. He excels at short-range burst and kiting, darting in and out of combat rather than standing still to output damage. In ARAM: Mayhem, Lucian transforms from a lane bully into a relentless teamfight skirmisher. The single-lane format forces constant fighting, which suits his cooldown-reliant pattern perfectly. He does not need to farm minions; he exists to duel champions. The Mayhem environment, with its accelerated pace and frequent ability usage, amplifies his mobility. He becomes a difficult target to pin down, constantly resetting his dash to dodge skillshots or chase low-health enemies. His signature pattern is the "dash-and-burst." He uses Relentless Pursuit (his E) to reposition, fires double shots, then looks for the next ability to reset his dash cooldown. In Mayhem, where ability haste and mana regeneration are plentiful, he rarely runs out of resources. This allows him to keep his mobility high, making him a slippery threat that punishes immobile enemies. He functions best as a mid-range carry who thrives in chaos, using the clutter of teamfights to land his ultimate, The Culling, for massive area-of-effect damage. View champion guide

Teemo T3

Tier

T3

Rank

#117

Win Rate

48.67%

Pick Rate

0.91%

Teemo the Swift Scout Teemo is a trap-setting mage who turns the entire lane into a minefield. His job is to control space, punish overextensions, and slowly choke the enemy team with poison damage. In standard modes, he splits lanes and avoids fights. Here, he stands his ground and forces the enemy to play his game. ARAM: Mayhem changes how he operates. The single lane means his mushrooms cover every escape path. Enemies cannot flank or go around. They have to walk through his traps to engage. The faster pace and constant fighting also means his poison ticks more often, and his blind shuts down key threats in the chaos of teamfights. His signature pattern is simple: layer mushrooms before fights start, blind the enemy carry when they dive, and reposition while poison does the work. He does not burst people down instantly. He wins by making the enemy team take damage they cannot avoid, then cleaning up with his team. View champion guide

Ivern T3

Tier

T3

Rank

#118

Win Rate

48.98%

Pick Rate

0.24%

Ivern the Green Father Ivern is a support jungler dropped directly into the ARAM: Mayhem lane. He does not farm camps or path through a river here. He stands in the brush, shields allies, and turns team fights into chaotic brawls with Daisy by his side. His signature pattern is Brushmaker. He creates patches of grass anywhere on the bridge. This gives him and his team vision control, poke angles, and escape routes. In Mayhem, where damage flies fast and cooldowns drop quick, that brush can break enemy targeting and buy seconds that matter. Ivern's role is enchanter and disruptor. He shields with Triggerseed, which explodes on contact and slows enemies. He calls Daisy to knockup and chase. He does not burst people down alone. He enables carries, peels for squishies, and turns messy fights in his team's favor. What changes in ARAM: Mayhem is pace and positioning. There is no jungle to roam, no camps to smite, no early PvE phase. Ivern fights from level one. He uses brush to create zones, shields to keep teammates alive through burst, and Daisy to add another body in a mode where every extra hitbox helps. The constant fighting suits him—he thrives when he can spam abilities and stay useful in extended brawls. View champion guide