Cho

Cho
"The apocalypse has come!"
Basic Info
Title	Twilight's Hammer Chieftain
Role	Tank
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Warcraft
Price	750 / 10,000
Release Date	November 11, 2015
Base Stats
Attack Type	Melee
Health	2950
Health Regen	6.1445
Resource	None
Unit Radius	1.1875
Attack Speed	0.91
Attack Range	2
Attack Damage	130
Data Page

Cho, the Twilight's Hammer Chieftain, is a melee Tank Hero from the Warcraft universe. Together with Gall, they are Cho'gall.

Head 1 of a 2 Headed Hero, Cho controls the body of Cho'gall.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft universe.

Powerful, dangerous, insane—many words have been used to describe the Chieftain of the Twilight's Hammer clan, and yet they still fail to truly capture Cho'gall's madness.

Two personalities share the body of Cho'gall: Gall, cunning master of dark magics and forbidden incantations, and Cho, who's never met a problem he couldn’t punch really, really hard. When working together, Cho's powerful attacks and Gall's destructive spells feed into each other to make Cho'gall's enemies rue the day they crossed paths with this ogre. With Cho's brawn and Gall's dark powers, these two are ready to take the Nexus by storm... as soon as they can agree on a plan.

Gameplay

Cho is the Tank half of the entity controlled by two players known as Cho'gall. The player in charge of Cho has the burden of controlling the entity's movement and Basic Attacks, whereas the second player, in control of Gall, acts as a "turret" that uses Abilities from Cho's physical position. Cho's strongest points are his area of effect disruption, outstanding resilience, and ability to safely position Gall, who can deal high levels of sustained damage, right into the midst of combat. Should Cho be killed, Gall will die with him, instantly yielding two kills worth of experience to opponents.

Strengths

• Large Health pool
• Abilities do not use Mana
• Good self-sustain
• Great gap-closer
• Permanently tied to Gall, an Assassin, making coordination easy
• Strong Late Game due to his scaling

Weaknesses

• Easily countered during drafts as Cho'Gall is particularly vulnerable to most forms of crowd control and percent-based damage sources.
• Deaths are twice as punishing, as they mean losing two Heroes
• Only allows a team to have 4 Heroes, reducing overall Map presence

Abilities

See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

D

Ogre Hide

Cooldown: 5 seconds

Activate to gain 25 Armor, but reduce Gall's damage by 25%.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Armor

Cast time: Instant

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• Shares cooldown with Gall's Ogre Rage.
• Does not stack with other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Q

Surging Fist

Cooldown: 12 seconds

Activate to begin charging Surging Fist. Activate again to dash forward, knocking aside enemies and dealing 46 damage. The dash range increases by up to 250%, depending on how long it is charged.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Movement: Dash

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: No target, Point target

Properties: Clamping, Knockback, Mobile channel, Piercing Skillshot

Cast time: 0 + CH + 0 seconds

Range:
- Minimum: 2.0
- Maximum: 7.0

Hitbox: 2.5 x 1.5

Missile speed: 17.5

Knockback duration: 0.125 seconds

Knockback speed: 16

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• Surging Fist can be channeled indefinitely, but its range ceases to grow after 2 seconds.
• Cho cannot attack while channeling Surging Fist.
• After the first time this Ability is used, Cho's base Unit Radius is permanently increased to 1.25.
• While dashing, Cho'gall's unit radius is reduced to 0.75.

W

Consuming Blaze

Cooldown: 12 seconds

Ignite nearby enemies, dealing 150 damage over 5 seconds. Basic Attacking burning enemies re-Ignites them. Cho is healed for 40 when an enemy is Ignited.

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Type: Spell Damage / Healing

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect, Attack Modifier

Cast time: 0 + 0.125 seconds

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 5.0

Tickrate: 2.0 per second

Damage per tick: 15

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• Even the initial application does not interrupt any Channels except Mounting.

E

Rune Bomb

Cooldown: 8 seconds

Roll a bomb dealing 91 damage to enemies in its path. Gall can use Runic Blast to detonate it to deal 221 damage in an area.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping, Piercing Skillshot

Cast time: 0.375 + 0 seconds

Range: 14.0

Radius: 0.75 (hitbox)

Missile speed:
- Initial: 1.5
- Final: 10
- Acceleration: 4.0

R

Hammer of Twilight

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Activate to swing the Hammer of Twilight, dealing 150 damage, pushing enemies away, and Stunning them for 0.75 seconds.

Passive: Cho's Basic Attacks deal 25% increased damage.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Offensive damage modifier

Scaling: 4.4921875%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Knockback, Stun

Cast time: 0 + 0.125 seconds

Area of Effect: Radial

Radius: 4.5

Arc: 220 degrees ⁽¹

Knockback duration: 0.25 seconds

Knockback speed: 20

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• ¹⁾ Search is performed in three 73.3 degree sections rotating counter-clockwise over three successive ticks.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Cho's Basic Attack damage.

R

Upheaval

Cooldown: 40 seconds

After 1 second, pull enemies toward Cho'gall, Slowing them by 25% for 3 seconds and dealing 175 damage.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping, Pull, Slow

Cast time: 0 + 1.0 seconds

Area of Effect: Radial

Radius: 14.0

Arc: 45 degrees

Knockback duration: 0.5 seconds

Knockback speed: 20

Talents

1

Consuming Fire

Consuming Blaze heals for 150% more when a Hero is Ignited.

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Type: Healing dealt modifier

Affects: Ability

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• Stacks additively with other effects that can increase healing dealt by Consuming Blaze and multiplicatively with effects that affect healing received.

Calloused Hide

While under 60% maximum Health, Cho gains 15% increased Movement Speed and healing received.

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Type: Healing received modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Movement speed

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• Stacks additively with other effects that affect healing received and multiplicatively with other healing modifiers.

The Will Of Cho

❢ Quest: Killing enemy Minions grants 1 stack of The Will of Cho, and Hero takedowns grant 10 stacks. Gain 1 Armor for every 30 stacks, up to a maximum of 10 Armor.

This Armor bonus stacks with Ogre Hide.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Armor

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• Stacks additively with itself and Ogre Hide, but not with other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

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Uppercut

Hitting an enemy Hero with Surging Fist deals additional damage to Heroes equal to 5% of their max Health and reduces the cooldown of Surging Fist by 5 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Percent damage

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• Damage is dealt in an additional instance.
• Each Hero hit grants cooldown reduction.

Rollback

Rune Bomb rolls back to Cho, damaging enemies in its path.

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Missile speed on return: 9.0

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• Rune Bomb continues to the maximum range before returning.
• Rune Bomb deals collision damage in both ways.
• Gall can still activate Rune Bomb only once per cast.

Seared Flesh

Each consecutive Basic Attack to an enemy Hero deals 20% more damage, to a maximum of 60% damage. This bonus lasts 5 seconds or until a non-Heroic enemy is attacked.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

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• Damage bonus is applied before damage is dealt, starting from 0%.
• Stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Cho's Basic Attack damage.

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Power Surge

Enemy Heroes who are hit by Surging Fist are Slowed by 30% for 2.5 seconds. Gain 15% Movement Speed while charging Surging Fist and for 2.5 seconds after casting the Ability.

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Type: Crowd control / Status effect

Affects: Enemy Heroes / Self

Properties: Movement Speed, Slow

Firestarter

Basic Attacks against ignited Heroes decrease the cooldown of Consuming Blaze by 1 second.

Passive: Reduce the cooldown of Consuming Blaze by 3 seconds.

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Properties: Attack Modifier

Enraged Regeneration

Each time Cho deals damage to enemy Heroes, he is healed for 60 over 3 seconds. Enemy Heroes hit by Gall’s Dread Orb receive 35% less healing for 2 seconds.

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Type: Healing / Healing modifier

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self / Enemy Heroes

Tickrate: 2.00 per second (x6)

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Hammer of Twilight

Cooldown: 15 seconds
Activate to swing the Hammer of Twilight, dealing 150 damage, pushing enemies away, and Stunning them for 0.75 seconds.

Passive: Cho's Basic Attacks deal 25% increased damage.

Upheaval

Cooldown: 40 seconds
After 1 second, pull enemies toward Cho'gall, Slowing them by 25% for 3 seconds and dealing 175 damage.

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Surging Dash

While channeling Surging Fist, Cho heals for 150 Health per second.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self

Tickrate: 2.0 per second

Healing per tick: 75

Twilight Veil

Cooldown: 30 seconds
Active: Activate to increase the Armor bonus of Ogre Hide to 75 for 4 seconds. If cast while Ogre Rage is active, it instantly swaps to Ogre Hide.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Armor

Cast time: Instant

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• Places Ogre Hide on cooldown upon activation.

Molten Block

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Active: Activate to enter Stasis and gain Invulnerability for 3 seconds, damaging nearby enemies for 92 damage per second.

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Type: Spell Damage / Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect (damage), Stasis

Cast time: Instant

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 4.5

Tickrate: 2.0 per second

Damage per tick: 46

16

Frenzied Fists

Gain 75% Attack Speed for 5 seconds after using Surging Fist.

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Type: Status effect

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Speed

Runic Feedback

Gall's Runic Blast reduces Cho's Rune Bomb cooldown by 1 seconds per enemy hit, and 2 seconds for each Hero hit.

Runed Gauntlet

Basic Attacks reduce the cooldowns of Cho's and Gall's Heroic Abilities by 6%.

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Properties: Attack Modifier

20

C'thun's Gift

Cho's Basic Attack becomes ranged and Slows targets by 20% for 1.5 seconds.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Attack Modifier, Slow

Range: 5.0

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• The Slow is applied even if the attack misses due to Blinds or Evasion.

Favor of the Old Gods

Upheaval Roots enemy Heroes for 2 seconds.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Root

Fuel for the Flame

Basic Attacks against enemies cause them to explode, dealing 21 damage to them and 45 damage to nearby enemies. This damage is doubled against enemy Heroes.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Splash

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 3.3

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• The bonus damage to the primary target, though not the splash damage, will hit even if Cho is Blinded or the target is Evading.
• Hero damage bonus (+100%) stacks additively with offensive damage modifiers that can affect Cho'gall's Spell Damage output.

Hour of Twilight

Decreases Cho'gall's death timer by 50%.

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Cho Guide

Cho Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Cho Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins

Cho Skins
Twilight's Hammer Chieftain
Backstory: Cho'gall is one of the most powerful, intelligent, and insane ogre-magi to have ever lived. As the leader of the Twilight's Hammer the two brothers seek to bring about an age of destruction... whenever they aren't bickering that is.
750 / 10,000 Twilight's Hammer Chieftain	Free Crusher	Free Ogre-magi	120 / 75 Highmaul
Corruptor (tier 5 warlock set)
Backstory: Rumor has it that the Corruptor Raiment was once exclusively worn by the Shadow Council. How the Scryers and the Aldor ever obtained them, the World of Warcraft may never know...
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warcraft tier sets skins.
250 / 300	250 / 300 Timelost	250 / 300 Angelic
Greed
Backstory: Cho'gall, Baron of the Treasure Realm, revels in the gold and gems he collects from his goblin minions. He is not afraid to fiercely defend his riches.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Diablo skins.
x130px 900 / 1,800	x130px 900 / 1,800 Ruby	x130px 900 / 1,800 Emerald
Warlord
Backstory: Some Heroes choose to protect themselves with thick plates of armor, others wear intricate magical robes to boost their power. Cho'gall says, "Why not do both?"
120 / 75	120 / 75 Mage	120 / 75 Brutal	120 / 75 Fel

Cho Event Skins
Pump'kin
Backstory: Every Hallow's End, Cho'gall makes sure to mock the Headless Horseman. After all, two heads are better than none.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of holiday skins.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Fel	120 / 75 Twilight	120 / 75 Burning	120 / 75 Magic

Mounts

Cho'gall Mounts
Horse (Carried)
Notes: Cho'gall can carry any Horse mount.
Free

Portraits

Cho Portraits
Carbot Cho120 / 75	Cho Hero	Cho Mastery	Double Trouble	El Ogro Cho75 / 40	Greed Cho'Gall75 / 40	Gingerbread Cho'gall75 / 40
Pump'kin Cho75 / 40	Sno'gall75 / 40	Stylized Corruptor Cho'gall75 / 40

Sprays

Cho Sprays
Carbot Cho120 / 75	Cute Cho'gall75 / 40	Gingerbread Cho'gall120 / 75	Greed's Gold75 / 40	Pump'kin Cho'gall75 / 40	Stylized Corruptor Cho'gall75 / 40

Emojis

Cho Pack 1			Cho Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Cho Happy	:chohappy:		Cho Angry	:choangry:
	Cho ROFL	:cholol: :chorofl:		Cho Cool	:chocool: :cool:
	Cho Sad	:chosad: :sad:		Cho Embarrassed	:chooops: :choembarrassed:
	Cho Silly	:chosilly: :silly:		Cho in Love	:cholove: :choinlove:
	Cho Speechless	:chomeh: :chospeechless:		Cho Surprised	:chowow: :chosurprised:

Quotes

Main article: Cho/Quotes

Trivia

• Cho'gall first appeared in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995).
• Cho is voiced by Patrick Seitz. Gall is voiced by Grant George.
• Cho'gall was intended for inclusion almost since the beginning.
• Cho'gall was one of the four heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2015.
• In addition to the normal mount options, Cho'gall can choose to carry any horse-type mount over his shoulder.
• The game pairs one player's choice of skin (chosen at random) with the other player's choice of mount.
• The game also combines the names of the two players, using the first three letters of Cho's player's name and the last four of Gall's player's name. For example, Mike and Flynn would make Mik'lynn.
• Cho'gall's appearance was based mainly on his Warcraft II and comic designs, to give him a classic look. His armor bears the emblem of the Twilight's Hammer clan.

Gallery

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  Q: Surging Fist.

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  W: Consuming Blaze.

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  E: Rune Bomb.

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  R1: Hammer of Twilight.

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  R2: Upheaval.

External links

• Cho'gall Hero Week
• Cho'gall - Heroes of the Storm
• Cho'gall - Wowpedia
• Cho Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Cho'gall Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm