Amumu vs Cho'Gath
How to Beat Cho'Gath as Amumu
based on 2,191 Amumu vs Cho'Gath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Cho'Gath
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
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.
Amumu vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats
How to Counter Cho'Gath with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential Amumu versus Cho'Gath matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Cho'Gath. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Amumu normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Cho'Gath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Cho'Gath
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Who is Better, Amumu or Cho'Gath?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when taking on Cho'Gath, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes an ok counter to Cho'Gath.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Cho'Gath, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Cho'Gath.
Additionally, Amumu has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Cho'Gath matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter to Cho'Gath. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Cho'Gath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Cho'Gath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Cho'Gath. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Amumu versus Cho'Gath build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Cho'Gath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Cho'Gath as Amumu, Amumu players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Amumu vs Cho'Gath face-offs, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
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