Thresh vs Cho'Gath
How to Beat Cho'Gath as Thresh
based on 3,227 Thresh vs Cho'Gath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Cho'Gath
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats
How to Counter Cho'Gath with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Thresh vs. Cho'Gath counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champs. Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Cho'Gath. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Thresh usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Cho'Gath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Cho'Gath
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Who is Better, Thresh or Cho'Gath?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when taking on Cho'Gath, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes a bad counter to Cho'Gath.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate compared to Cho'Gath, when facing one another, Thresh also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Thresh into Cho'Gathas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Thresh also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Thresh 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 team members during teamfights.
Thresh is a bad counter to Cho'Gath. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Cho'Gath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Thresh in order to counter Cho'Gath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Cho'Gath. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Thresh versus Cho'Gath build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Cho'Gath than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Cho'Gath as Thresh, Thresh players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Thresh vs Cho'Gath counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.
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