Cho'Gath vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Cho'Gath
based on 3,198 Cho'Gath vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Cho'Gath vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some important Cho'Gath against Leona matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between these two champions. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Leona. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Cho'Gath usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Leona. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Leona
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Leona?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when playing against Leona, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes a bad counter for Leona.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower winrate compared to Leona, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Cho'Gath into Leona.
Moreover, Cho'Gath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter for Leona. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Leona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Cho'Gath
Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players
How We Calculated Our Cho'Gath vs Leona Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath to counter Leona 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath usually racks up much more CS relative to Leona. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Cho'Gath versus Leona build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Leona than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 48.6% when playing against Leona with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Leona as Cho'Gath, you should equip 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 runes that we analyzed for Cho'Gath vs Leona LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.
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