Cho'Gath vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Cho'Gath
based on 2,978 Cho'Gath vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Cho'Gath vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stats provided here show several critical Cho'Gath versus Malzahar matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Cho'Gath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Malzahar.
Moreover, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They 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 case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Cho'Gath versus Malzahar build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Malzahar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 48.3% battling Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Malzahar as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Cho'Gath vs Malzahar matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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