Cho'Gath vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Cho'Gath
based on 1,324 Cho'Gath vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Alistar
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 Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Cho'Gath vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several vital Cho'Gath versus Alistar matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Cho'Gath usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Alistar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Alistar
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Alistar?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually wins when trying to fight Alistar, with a 54.5% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes a great counter to Alistar.
While Cho'Gath does have a much higher winrate compared to Alistar, when facing one another, Cho'Gath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Cho'Gath into Alistar.
Additionally, Cho'Gath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Alistar matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Cho'Gath is a great counter for Alistar. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Alistar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Cho'Gath
Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players
How We Calculated Our Cho'Gath vs Alistar Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Cho'Gath in order to counter Alistar 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath on average racks up much more CS relative to Alistar. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Cho'Gath versus Alistar build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Alistar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 54.5% when countering Alistar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Alistar as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Cho'Gath vs Alistar counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.5% winrate overall.
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