Akshan vs Cho'Gath
How to Beat Cho'Gath as Akshan
based on 1,523 Akshan vs Cho'Gath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Cho'Gath
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Advice to Win Against Cho'Gath
Focus on preventing Cho'Gath from reaching his max size.
Purchasing a few HP items decreases the chances of Cho'Gath killing you quickly.
Rupture has a smoke cloud indicating the area it will strike. Try to watch out for it to prevent Cho'Gath from being able to combo his abilities.
Akshan vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats
How to Counter Cho'Gath with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some strategic Akshan against Cho'Gath counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Cho'Gath..
Akshan often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Cho'Gath. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Cho'Gath
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Who is Better, Akshan or Cho'Gath?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Cho'Gath, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes an ok counter for Cho'Gath.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate than Cho'Gath, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Cho'Gath.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Cho'Gath matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter for Cho'Gath. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Cho'Gath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akshan to counter Cho'Gath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average gets a similar amount of CS as Cho'Gath. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Cho'Gath build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they performed much better when fighting Cho'Gath than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Cho'Gath with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Cho'Gath as Akshan, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Akshan vs Cho'Gath counters, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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