Gangplank vs Cho'Gath
How to Beat Cho'Gath as Gangplank
based on 1,150 Gangplank vs Cho'Gath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Cho'Gath
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Advice to Win Against Cho'Gath
Focus on preventing Cho'Gath from reaching his max size.
Purchasing a few HP items decreases the chances of Cho'Gath killing you quickly.
Rupture has a smoke cloud indicating the area it will strike. Try to watch out for it to prevent Cho'Gath from being able to combo his abilities.
Gangplank vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats
How to Counter Cho'Gath with Gangplank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Gangplank vs. Cho'Gath counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Cho'Gath..
Gangplank often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Cho'Gath. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Cho'Gath
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Cho'Gath?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when trying to fight Cho'Gath, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a poor counter to Cho'Gath.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate compared to Cho'Gath, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gangplank into Cho'Gathas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gangplank has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Cho'Gath matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gangplank is a garbage counter to Cho'Gath. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Cho'Gath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gangplank to counter Cho'Gath 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Cho'Gath. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Gangplank versus Cho'Gath build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Gangplank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Cho'Gath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 47.7% when countering Cho'Gath with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Cho'Gath as Gangplank, Gangplank players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Gangplank vs Cho'Gath LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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