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How to Win Cho'Gath vs Nidalee Counter MatchupCho'Gath is in the b tier of champions

Cho'Gath vs Nidalee

How to Beat Nidalee as Cho'Gath in LoLCho'Gath is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nidalee as Cho'Gath

based on 574 Cho'Gath vs Nidalee matchups
Win Rate
56.3 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our dataset, Cho'Gath engaged Nidalee 574 times. Including so many matchups for Cho'Gath versus Nidalee provides us faith in our capability to provide informative data and a solid build to wreck Nidalee. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Cho'Gath fights Nidalee in only 0.7% of his games.

Cho'Gath vs Nidalee Matchup Summary

Cho'Gath has done a great job of beating Nidalee. Normally, he wins a whopping 56.3% of the time the champs face each other in. In Cho'Gath versus Nidalee games, Cho'Gath’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood versus Nidalee.

Best Cho'Gath vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltRuby Crystal

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailHeartsteel

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernUnending DespairHollow RadianceForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cho'Gath to level upe
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Second ability for Cho'Gath to level upq
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Last skill for Cho'Gath to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Cho'Gath's passive ability p
Cho'Gath's q ability q
Cho'Gath's w ability w
Cho'Gath's e ability e
Cho'Gath's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Cho'Gath

Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Nidalee

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 Nidalee

Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.

Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.

Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.

Cho'Gath vs Nidalee Counter Stats

Cho'Gath Image
Win Rate
56.3 %
VS
Win Rate
43.7 %
Nidalee Image
6
< Kills >
6.9
5.4
< Deaths >
6.2
5.7
< Assists >
7.5
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
151
< Minions Killed >
39
0.48
< Dragons Killed >
1.1
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.47
3,182
< Physical Damage >
1,486
12,950
< Magic Damage >
18,065
3,839
< True Damage >
1,287
19,973
< Damage Dealt >
20,839
41,477
< Damage Taken >
31,370
11,385
< Gold Earned >
11,408
2.25
< Towers >
1.42
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
9,469
< Total Healing >
16,073
14,564
< Experience >
12,797
18
< Vision Score >
25
9
< Wards Placed >
8
766
< Time Dealing CC >
153

How to Counter Nidalee with Cho'Gath in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some vital Cho'Gath versus Nidalee matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nidalee..

Cho'Gath normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Cho'Gath and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Cho'Gath
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cho'Gath
Nidalee

Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Nidalee?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 56.3% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.

While Cho'Gath does have a much higher winrate compared to Nidalee, when facing one another, Cho'Gath also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Cho'Gath into Nidalee.

Furthermore, Cho'Gath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Nidalee 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 team members during late stage team fights.

Cho'Gath is a great counter for Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Cho'Gath against Nidalee.

Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players

How We Calculated Our Cho'Gath vs Nidalee Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nidalee as Cho'Gath, we analyzed 574 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nidalee as Cho'Gath comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cho'Gath on average racks up much more CS as Nidalee. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Cho'Gath versus Nidalee build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Nidalee than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 56.3% when playing against Nidalee with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Nidalee as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Cho'Gath vs Nidalee counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 56.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nidalee as Cho'Gath are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.