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.
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.
Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
The stat comparisons provided here feature some critical Cho'Gath against Sylas counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..
Cho'Gath often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Sylas. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sylas, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Cho'Gath makes an ok counter for Sylas.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower win rate than Sylas, when facing one another, Cho'Gath also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Sylas.
Moreover, Cho'Gath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar 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 for Sylas. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Sylas.
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath in order to counter Sylas during both the lane 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 above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Sylas. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Cho'Gath versus Sylas build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Sylas than with most other common item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Sylas with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Sylas as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players should take 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 sets players used for Cho'Gath vs Sylas face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sylas as Cho'Gath are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.