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.
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
The stats provided here highlight several strategic Cho'Gath versus Lux counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lux’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lux..
Cho'Gath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Lux. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lux, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes an ok counter to Lux.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower winrate compared to Lux, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Cho'Gath into Lux.
Moreover, Cho'Gath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter to Lux. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Lux.
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath in order to counter Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath most often picks up more CS relative to Lux. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath versus Lux build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Lux than with most other typical builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Lux with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Lux 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Cho'Gath vs Lux face-offs, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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