Akali vs Cho'Gath in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his Q (Rupture) — always dodge it, it costs your whole HP bar to eat. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDAKALIthe Rogue Assassin

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDCHO'GATHthe Terror of the Void

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his Q

His Q is the single most important spell to always dodge in this matchup.

Hail of Blades window

If he takes Hail of Blades he's very killable early — but eating a Q costs your whole HP bar, so commit clean.

Track his ult

His ult is low-CD but he needs 6 casts on minions to stack — tracking that makes your all-ins far less stressful.

✕ DON'T

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Never force a straight 1v1 once his stacking has taken over lategame — there's no hard CC on him to fall back on.

Runes

DOMINATION

RESOLVEuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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