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.
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some influential Cho'Gath against Nocturne counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nocturne..
Cho'Gath typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Nocturne. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when playing against Nocturne, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes a poor counter for Nocturne.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower winrate compared to Nocturne, when facing one another, Cho'Gath also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Cho'Gath into Nocturne.
Furthermore, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Cho'Gath is a bad counter to Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Nocturne.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath in order to counter Nocturne during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath often picks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath versus Nocturne build consist of Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Randuin's Omen. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Nocturne than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Nocturne with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Nocturne as Cho'Gath, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Cho'Gath vs Nocturne matchups, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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