Cho'Gath vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Cho'Gath
based on 290 Cho'Gath vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Skarner
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 Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Cho'Gath vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several critical Cho'Gath against Skarner matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..
Cho'Gath usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Skarner. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Skarner
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when taking on Skarner, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes a poor counter to Skarner.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower win rate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Cho'Gath into Skarner.
Furthermore, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Cho'Gath is a garbage counter for Skarner. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Cho'Gath against Skarner.
Other Champion Matchups Against Cho'Gath
Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players
How We Calculated Our Cho'Gath vs Skarner Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath usually gets much more CS relative to Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Cho'Gath versus Skarner build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Warmog's Armor. When Cho'Gath used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Skarner than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average winrate of 47.2% battling Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Skarner as Cho'Gath, you should equip 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 combinations that we analyzed for Cho'Gath vs Skarner counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.2% winrate overall.
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