🧬 Who is Cho’gall?
Born from dark magic and twisted experimentation, Cho’gall represents the pinnacle of ogre evolution – a massive two-headed creature where two distinct personalities share one colossal body. Cho, the warrior head, wields devastating melee attacks and protective abilities, while Gall, the warlock head, commands destructive arcane magic from within their shared form. Originally a powerful ogre mage who served the Old Gods, Cho’gall’s dual nature makes him unique in the Nexus as the only hero controlled by two players simultaneously. This symbiotic relationship creates unprecedented coordination potential, allowing for devastating combos that no single hero could achieve alone.
Main Roles:
🛡️ Tank/Bruiser (Cho) | 🔮 Ranged Assassin (Gall) | 🤝 Duo Specialist
🛠️ Abilities (Quick Look)
- Two-Headed (Trait – D): Cho’gall is controlled by two players – Cho controls movement and basic attacks, Gall casts spells
- Hammer of Twilight/Dread Orb (Q): Cho’s melee slam / Gall’s bouncing orb projectile
- Rollback/Runic Blast (W): Cho’s charge ability / Gall’s delayed explosion spell
- Consuming Blaze (E): Cho’s self-heal that spreads to nearby enemies (Gall can detonate early)
- Upheaval/Twisting Nether (R1): Cho’s ground slam / Gall’s area silence and damage
- Hammer of Twilight/Shadow Bolt Volley (R2): Enhanced melee strikes / Gall’s channeled spell barrage
🎮 Gameplay Guide
Cho’gall requires unprecedented coordination between two players, making communication absolutely essential. Cho focuses on positioning, engaging, and protecting Gall, while Gall provides the majority of the damage output through precise spell casting. Success depends on both players understanding their roles and timing their abilities perfectly together. The key is that Cho sets up opportunities while Gall capitalizes on them, creating a synergy that can overwhelm unprepared enemies.
✅ Early Game
- Focus on safe laning and experience soaking – you’re worth two heroes if you die
- Cho should position conservatively while Gall harasses with Dread Orb
- Coordinate Consuming Blaze usage for maximum sustain and wave clear
- Avoid risky engagements until you have your heroic abilities
✅ Teamfights
- Cho initiates with Rollback while Gall follows up with Runic Blast
- Use your massive health pool to soak damage for your team
- Gall should focus fire on isolated or low-health targets
- Coordinate heroic abilities for maximum impact and area control
✅ Objective Control
- Your presence alone can control objectives due to your massive size and health
- Use Cho’s body to block enemy movement while Gall provides damage
- Coordinate with your team to maximize your impact in team fights
- Be aware that losing Cho’gall gives the enemy team a significant experience advantage
🛡️ Builds & Gameplay Focus
⚔️ Sustained Damage (Gall Focus)
Level 1: Ogre Rage
Level 4: Bomb’s
Away
Level 7: Runic Persistence
Level 10:
Twisting Nether
Level 13: Molten Block
Level 16:
Leaden Orb
Level 20: Favor of the Old Gods
Focus: Gall’s spell damage, sustained combat, teamfight control
The Lowdown: The Sustained Damage build maximizes Gall’s magical output while providing Cho with the survivability needed to stay in extended fights. This build focuses on enhancing Gall’s core abilities to deal consistent damage throughout prolonged engagements, making Cho’gall a teamfight powerhouse that becomes more dangerous the longer fights last. Ogre Rage provides crucial attack speed for Cho while giving Gall more opportunities to cast spells, while Bomb’s Away dramatically increases Runic Blast’s area of effect. Runic Persistence ensures Gall can maintain constant pressure through reduced cooldowns, and Twisting Nether provides game-changing area control. This build excels in team compositions that can protect Cho’gall during extended engagements and on maps with frequent teamfights around objectives.
The Core Loop & Synergy:
- Ogre Rage increases Cho’s attack speed and gives Gall spell power, improving both damage and survivability
- Bomb’s Away makes Runic Blast significantly larger, hitting more enemies and dealing more damage
- Runic Persistence reduces Gall’s ability cooldowns when hitting heroes, enabling more frequent spell casting
- Twisting Nether creates a massive area of silence and damage, controlling entire teamfights
- Molten Block provides crucial survivability, letting you survive burst damage while abilities cool down
- Leaden Orb makes Dread Orb slow enemies, improving your ability to land follow-up abilities
- Favor of the Old Gods dramatically increases your damage output and provides massive area control
Key Tactics & Pro Tips:
- Use Cho’s body to body-block enemies into Gall’s spell combinations
- Coordinate Consuming Blaze detonation with Runic Blast for maximum area damage
- Save Twisting Nether for when enemies are grouped or trying to escape
- Communication is key – call out targets and coordinate ability usage constantly
In short: You’re the Arcane Juggernaut. Combine Cho’s resilience with Gall’s devastating magic to dominate prolonged teamfights.
⚔️ Burst Combo (Aggressive Engagement)
Level 1: Consuming Fire
Level 4:
Rollback
Level 7: Surging Dash
Level 10:
Upheaval
Level 13: Runic Blast
Level 16: Seared
Flesh
Level 20: Ancient Blessings
Focus: Cho’s engage potential, burst combinations, aggressive positioning
The Lowdown: The Burst Combo build transforms Cho’gall into an aggressive engagement tool capable of initiating fights with devastating combo potential. This build enhances Cho’s mobility and engagement capabilities while providing Gall with the tools needed to follow up with massive burst damage. Consuming Fire provides early game sustain and waveclear, while the enhanced Rollback gives Cho the mobility needed to engage or escape dangerous situations. Surging Dash dramatically improves Cho’s ability to stick to targets, and Upheaval provides reliable area damage and displacement. This build excels against squishy enemy compositions and in games where you need to be the primary engage tool for your team, requiring precise coordination to maximize the devastating combo potential.
The Core Loop & Synergy:
- Consuming Fire makes Consuming Blaze spread further and deal more damage, improving waveclear and teamfight presence
- Enhanced Rollback reduces cooldown and increases distance, giving Cho better engage and escape options
- Surging Dash makes Rollback grant movement speed, helping Cho stick to targets and position for follow-ups
- Upheaval provides reliable area damage and knockback, setting up Gall’s follow-up abilities perfectly
- Enhanced Runic Blast increases damage and reduces cooldown, making Gall’s burst more reliable
- Seared Flesh makes Consuming Blaze reduce enemy armor, amplifying all subsequent damage
- Ancient Blessings provides massive cooldown reduction and spell power, enabling constant ability usage
Key Tactics & Pro Tips:
- Use Rollback to engage, immediately follow with Upheaval for guaranteed damage
- Coordinate Consuming Blaze armor reduction with Gall’s burst abilities
- Save your enhanced abilities for key teamfight moments
- Focus on isolating single targets rather than fighting entire enemy teams
In short: You’re the Twin-Headed Wrecking Ball. Crash into enemies with devastating combos that few can survive when properly coordinated.
📊 Final Thoughts
Cho’gall represents the ultimate test of teamwork and coordination in Heroes of the Storm. Success requires two players who can communicate flawlessly and understand each other’s playstyles intimately. When played correctly, Cho’gall can single-handedly control teamfights and create opportunities that no other hero can match. However, the risk is equally high – losing Cho’gall means giving the enemy team a massive experience advantage that can be game-deciding.
Two heads are better than one, but only when they think as one. 🔥👥