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

Cho'Gath vs Talon

How to Beat Talon as Cho'Gath in LoLCho'Gath is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Talon as Cho'Gath

based on 1,627 Cho'Gath vs Talon matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our dataset, Cho'Gath battled Talon in 1627 rounds. Including so many games with Cho'Gath vs Talon gives us faith in our capacity to prepare actionable statistics and a recommended build to crush Talon. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Cho'Gath has to counter Talon in only 1.9% of his matches.

Cho'Gath vs Talon Matchup Summary

Cho'Gath has done a good job of beating Talon. On average, he wins a fantastic 52.5% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Cho'Gath against Talon matches, Cho'Gath’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Talon.

Best Cho'Gath vs Talon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltCrystalline Bracer

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanHollow RadianceRanduin's Omen

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
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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Guide to Countering Talon as Cho'Gath

Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Talon

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 Talon

Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.

Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.

Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.

Cho'Gath vs Talon Counter Stats

Cho'Gath Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Talon Image
6.1
< Kills >
8.5
5.5
< Deaths >
6.9
6
< Assists >
6.4
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.97
157
< Minions Killed >
135
0.42
< Dragons Killed >
0.41
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.31
3,320
< Physical Damage >
22,510
13,334
< Magic Damage >
86
3,983
< True Damage >
1,225
20,639
< Damage Dealt >
23,822
41,136
< Damage Taken >
28,014
11,527
< Gold Earned >
12,664
2.19
< Towers >
1.45
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
9,251
< Total Healing >
6,475
14,793
< Experience >
14,585
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
7
782
< Time Dealing CC >
194

How to Counter Talon with Cho'Gath in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several valuable Cho'Gath vs. Talon counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..

Cho'Gath typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Talon. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Cho'Gath and Talon

Damage Types Compared

Cho'Gath
Talon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cho'Gath
Talon

Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Talon?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually wins when facing off against Talon, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes a good counter for Talon.

While Cho'Gath does have a higher win rate than Talon, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Cho'Gath into Talon.

Moreover, Cho'Gath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Talon 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 teammates during teamfights.

Cho'Gath is an above average counter for Talon. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Cho'Gath against Talon.

Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players

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

For this guide on countering Talon as Cho'Gath, we analyzed 1,627 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 Talon 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath in order to counter Talon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cho'Gath usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Talon. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Cho'Gath versus Talon build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Talon than with many other typical builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Talon with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Talon as Cho'Gath, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Cho'Gath vs Talon face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Talon as Cho'Gath are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.