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 provided here clarify some important Sett against Cho'Gath matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Cho'Gath..
Sett typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Cho'Gath. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sett usually wins when trying to fight Cho'Gath, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Sett makes a great counter for Cho'Gath.
While Sett does have a higher winrate than Cho'Gath, when on opposite teams, Sett also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Sett into Cho'Gath.
Furthermore, Sett has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sett vs Cho'Gath matchups, Sett is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sett is a great counter for Cho'Gath. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sett against Cho'Gath.
To truly master Sett in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Cho'Gath. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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 reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Sett versus Cho'Gath build consist of Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Sett combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Cho'Gath than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sett boasted an average win rate of 53.3% when countering Cho'Gath with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Cho'Gath as Sett, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Sett vs Cho'Gath LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.3% winrate overall.
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