Cho'Gath vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Cho'Gath
based on 5,265 Cho'Gath vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Akali
Using Rupture on creeps in combination with Carnivore is a good way to gain Health and Mana.
If you're having difficulty feasting upon champions, try eating minions until you're larger.
Try to line up your attacks with Vorpal Spikes so that they kill minions and harass enemy champions at the same time.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Cho'Gath vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Cho'Gath against Akali matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Cho'Gath typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Akali
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Akali?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually fairs equally well when facing off against Akali, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Cho'Gath makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower win rate than Akali, when facing one another, Cho'Gath also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Akali.
Furthermore, Cho'Gath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Cho'Gath in order to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Cho'Gath versus Akali build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Akali than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Akali as Cho'Gath, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Cho'Gath vs Akali matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
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