Cho'Gath vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Cho'Gath
based on 734 Cho'Gath vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Olaf
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 Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Cho'Gath vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Cho'Gath versus Olaf counter statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Olaf..
Cho'Gath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Olaf. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Olaf
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Olaf?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when facing off against Olaf, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes a bad counter for Olaf.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower win rate compared to Olaf, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Olaf.
Moreover, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter to Olaf. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath to counter Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath usually gets a similar amount of CS as Olaf. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Cho'Gath versus Olaf build include Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Olaf than with most other common item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average win rate of 48.9% battling Olaf with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Olaf as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players should use 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 players used for Cho'Gath vs Olaf matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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