Cho'Gath with Alistar
How to Synergize Cho'Gath and Alistar
based on 1,120 Cho'Gath with Alistar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Cho'Gath Alistar Synergy Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Cho'Gath and Alistar
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath with Alistar
Using Rupture on creeps in combination with Carnivore is a good way to gain Health and Mana.
If you're having difficulty feasting upon champions, try eating minions until you're larger.
Try to line up your attacks with Vorpal Spikes so that they kill minions and harass enemy champions at the same time.
Advice to Understand How Alistar Will Play
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Cho'Gath Alistar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Alistar as Cho'Gath in LoL
The Cho'Gath Alistar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Alistar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Cho'Gath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Alistar helps Cho'Gath perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Cho'Gath is an ally to Alistar, he sees a little increase in his complete damage output. This difference may signal that Alistar supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played with Alistar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Alistar.
Moreover, when Cho'Gath plays with Alistar on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Alistar does a decent job of covering Cho'Gath in teamfights.
Synergies between Cho'Gath and Alistar
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Is Cho'Gath better when played alongside Alistar?
There is no ideal synergy for Cho'Gath that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, Alistar is a very typical ally for Cho'Gath. By being on the same side as Cho'Gath, he lowers their win rate by -0.3% to 49.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Cho'Gath and Alistar that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Alistar has a greater difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players need to be cautious when enlisting Alistar comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working together, Cho'Gath players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by pairing Cho'Gath and Alistar together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a lot of sustained damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Alistar ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath to work well with Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to use in your Cho'Gath and Alistar synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath bought at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Alistar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when playing alongside Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Alistar with Cho'Gath are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.