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

Cho'Gath vs Xayah

How to Beat Xayah as Cho'Gath in LoLCho'Gath is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Xayah as Cho'Gath

based on 1,282 Cho'Gath vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
53.3 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL games each week. In our dataset, Cho'Gath faced Xayah 1282 times. Having so many games with Cho'Gath versus Xayah gives us a lot of faith in our ability to provide actionable statistics and a recommended build to smash your enemy. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Cho'Gath is forced to battle against Xayah in only 1.5% of his rounds.

Cho'Gath vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Cho'Gath does a good job of countering Xayah. Normally, he wins a fantastic 53.3% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Cho'Gath against Xayah rounds, Cho'Gath’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Xayah.

Best Cho'Gath vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBami's Cinder

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisHeartsteel

Optional Items

Luden's CompanionJak'Sho, The ProteanKaenic RookernFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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 SpeedArmorHealth Scaling
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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R
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Cho'Gath

Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Xayah

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 Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Cho'Gath vs Xayah Counter Stats

Cho'Gath Image
Win Rate
53.3 %
VS
Win Rate
46.7 %
Xayah Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.5
5.4
< Deaths >
6.1
6.3
< Assists >
6.7
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
149
< Minions Killed >
177
0.43
< Dragons Killed >
0.27
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.47
3,162
< Physical Damage >
21,722
13,149
< Magic Damage >
366
3,737
< True Damage >
398
20,049
< Damage Dealt >
22,486
40,567
< Damage Taken >
20,475
11,184
< Gold Earned >
11,838
2.19
< Towers >
2.26
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
9,192
< Total Healing >
4,787
14,334
< Experience >
12,572
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
744
< Time Dealing CC >
57

How to Counter Xayah with Cho'Gath in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some influential Cho'Gath vs. Xayah matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..

Cho'Gath usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Cho'Gath and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Cho'Gath
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cho'Gath
Xayah

Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Xayah?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually wins when taking on Xayah, with a 53.3% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes a great counter to Xayah.

While Cho'Gath does have a higher winrate compared to Xayah, when facing one another, Cho'Gath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Cho'Gath into Xayah.

Additionally, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Xayah matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Cho'Gath is a great counter to Xayah. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Xayah.

Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players

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

For this guide on countering Xayah as Cho'Gath, we analyzed 1,282 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 Xayah 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 truly master Cho'Gath in order to counter Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cho'Gath most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Xayah. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath versus Xayah build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Xayah than with many other common builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 53.3% battling Xayah with this counter build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Xayah as Cho'Gath, you 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 we have analyed for Cho'Gath vs Xayah counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Xayah as Cho'Gath are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.