Cho'Gath vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Cho'Gath
based on 3,349 Cho'Gath vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Cho'Gath vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some strategic Cho'Gath against Xerath counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Cho'Gath usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Xerath
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually fairs equally well when taking on Xerath, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes an ok counter for Xerath.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower win rate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Xerath.
Furthermore, Cho'Gath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter for Xerath. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath typically accumulates more CS compared to Xerath. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Cho'Gath versus Xerath build include Heartsteel, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Cho'Gath used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Xerath than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when countering Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Xerath as Cho'Gath, you 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 runes that we analyzed for Cho'Gath vs Xerath counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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