Cho Talents

Level	Choices
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4	? ✘︎ ✓
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Consuming Fire increases the healing provided by Consuming Blaze by a mediocre amount, and only situationally, as it is only effective against Heroes. Still, it remains a good choice when paired with Firestarter.

Calloused Hide is the main choice for this tier. It is excellent because it covers Cho'gall's weakness in the early game, that is being rather squishy and easy to kill.

The Will of Cho is a niche option at Level 1. It will only be useful in the late game, if you can keep double soaking in the early game. It is important to notice that the Armor stacks with Ogre Hide.

Uppercut excels against compositions without crowd control to cancel your Surging Fist. It has notable synergy with others Surging Fist Talents.

Rollback potentially adds a small amount of damage to Rune Bomb. Its main value, however, lies in giving Gall a second chance to use Runic Blast. With practice, however, this becomes unnecessary.

Seared Flesh allows Cho's damage to grow to be surprisingly threatening. Generally, this will get more value than Uppercut. It does require you, however, to keep delivering sustain damage to enemy Heroes, making it more effective if the enemy composition does not punish you easily. It has insane synergy with Frenzied Fists and C'Thun's Gift.

Power Surge excels against low-mobility Heroes. The extra Movement Speed gained by Cho and the Slow applied to enemy Heroes, combined together, can assure you will kill a Raynor, Jaina, or Gul'dan in a bad position.

Firestarter is a strong Talent that improves Cho's damage potential and self-sustain. It is a good choice when paired with Consuming Fire at Level 1.

Enraged Regeneration may not add a large amount of healing to Cho'gall, but since Gall's main build is focused on Dread Orb, the Healing Reduction will be applied very often, being excellent in teamfights. This Talent is the standard pick for this tier.

At this Level, you gain access to Heroic Abilities. If you want to read more about them, check the dedicated section in the Abilities and Strategy page.

Hammer of Twilight is Cho's more defensive Heroic Ability choice. Although the passive Basic Damage increase is welcomed, the Ability's strength lies in the fact that it provides Cho with a very reliable, albeit short-ranged, crowd control. Hammer of Twilight is typically more useful when you feel that your team is on the defensive, allowing you to more effectively protect your vulnerable backline.

Upheaval is Cho's niche Heroic Ability choice. It is excellent in situations where your team wishes to force engagements, as the Ability allows you to pull several opponents to your own teammates. However, since the Ability takes long to be casted, it is better to use it while enemies are under some crippling effect, so it cannot be dodged.

Surging Dash greatly improves Cho's self sustain, and is a good choice if you do not fear burst damage, in which case the other Talents would serve you better.

Twilight Veil provides a large amount of Armor; so large in fact that it meets the game's Armor cap, and this, even when affected by other Armor reductions. Although excellent against burst, it suffers from one important weakness: Twilight Veil does not protect against percent-based damage. If you are getting focused by several of those, like Seven-Sided Strike, Last Rites, or Cursed Bullet, consider getting Molten Block instead.

Molten Block brings some very welcomed defensive utility to Cho'gall's otherwise extremely offense-oriented kit. The Ability is typically used to reliably avoid dangerous crowd control and high damage Abilities. It should be noted, however, that Molten Block also prevents Gall from using his own Abilities and momentarily interrupts Shadow Bolt Volley. The most common use of this Talent is to counter Kharazim's Seven-Sided Strike and Leoric's Entomb.

Frenzied Fists greatly improves Cho's Attack damage per second potential. It synergises particularly well with the damage bonus provided by Hammer of Twilight and Seared Flesh. It should be noted that you do not need to fully channel Surging Fist to benefit from the full Attack Speed bonus provided by the Talent, making it useful to quickly cast-and-release the Ability to gain the buff. The Attack Speed is also helpful with triggering Consuming Blaze's on-hit healing effect.

Runic Feedback significantly reduces the cooldown of Rune Bomb when it is detonated against multiple targets. As such, this Talent's primary uses are waveclearing and sieging, although it remains useful against Heroes, depending on your accuracy. In general, however, it is less likely to yield more overall damage than the Frenzied Fists alternative. Runic Feedback has strong synergy with Gall's Runic Blast's Talents, but currently, Gall is incredibly dependent on his Dread Orb Build.

Even though you may not get enough cooldown reduction to use Twisting Nether twice in a fight, having Runed Gauntlet may allow Cho to use Hammer of Twilight a second time. Furthermore, by disengaging with your second Hammer, Gall may have Twisting Nether ready in the next seconds. Still, it should only be the choice if you did not go for Seared Flesh at Level 4.

C'Thun's Gift completely changes Cho's playstyle, turning him into a ranged but still highly durable Hero. This Talent alone increases Cho's damage potential by magnitudes, and the permanent Slowing effect helps everyone, especially Gall. This might be one of the best Talents in the game, and should be the choice whenever possible.

Favor of the Old Gods provides you with a powerful Rooting effect, which, when combined with Gall's Twisting Nether, can have devastating results. If you have been dying relatively often, consider Hour of Twilight instead.

Fuel for the Flame is extremely underwhelming when compared to C'Thun's Gift. In any Build, the extra Basic Attacks you will be able to deliver from the extra range provided by C'Thun's Gift are much more effective than the damage provided by this Talent. This Talent should never be picked.

Hour of Twilight has some excessively important implications for the late game. Realistically, Cho'gall dying always spells bad news for your team, often securing a loss. Hour of Twilight greatly reduces the impact of this occurrence. If you feel safe, consider other options.