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.
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Cho'Gath against Taric matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the two. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taric. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Cho'Gath typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Taric. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when facing off against Taric, with a 44.7% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes a bad counter for Taric.
While Cho'Gath does have a much lower win rate compared to Taric, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Cho'Gath into Taric.
Moreover, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Cho'Gath is a terribly counter for Taric. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Cho'Gath against Taric.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath in order to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath on average racks up much more CS as Taric. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Cho'Gath versus Taric build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Taric than with most other common builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average win rate of 44.7% when playing against Taric with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Taric as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Cho'Gath vs Taric matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.7% win rate overall.
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