Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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 stats provided here emphasize some influential Nunu & Willump versus Cho'Gath matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Cho'Gath. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Cho'Gath. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when trying to fight Cho'Gath, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter to Cho'Gath.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower winrate compared to Cho'Gath, when they face off with one another, Nunu & Willump also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nunu & Willump into Cho'Gath.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Cho'Gath matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a garbage counter to Cho'Gath. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Cho'Gath.
To learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to counter Cho'Gath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Cho'Gath. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump versus Cho'Gath build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Cho'Gath than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 47.8% battling Cho'Gath with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Cho'Gath as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nunu & Willump vs Cho'Gath fights, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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