Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several significant Nocturne versus Cho'Gath matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Cho'Gath..
Nocturne typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Cho'Gath. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Cho'Gath, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter to Cho'Gath.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Cho'Gath, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Cho'Gath.
Furthermore, Nocturne also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Cho'Gath matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter to Cho'Gath. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nocturne against Cho'Gath.
To truly master Nocturne in order to counter Cho'Gath 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 stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne often racks up a lot less CS as Cho'Gath. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Nocturne versus Cho'Gath build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Cho'Gath than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when playing against Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Cho'Gath as Nocturne, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nocturne vs Cho'Gath clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.
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