Cho'Gath vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Cho'Gath
based on 2,167 Cho'Gath vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Cho'Gath vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some important Cho'Gath vs. Irelia matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Irelia..
Cho'Gath normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Irelia
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Irelia?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually fairs equally well when taking on Irelia, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes an ok counter to Irelia.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower win rate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Irelia.
Furthermore, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Cho'Gath versus Irelia build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Cho'Gath included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Irelia than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Irelia with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Irelia as Cho'Gath, you 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 sets players used for Cho'Gath vs Irelia counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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