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How to Synergize Cho'Gath with Amumu on the Same TeamCho'Gath is in the b tier of champions

Cho'Gath with Amumu

How to Win With Cho'Gath and Amumu Paired TogetherCho'Gath is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Cho'Gath and Amumu

based on 1,667 Cho'Gath with Amumu pairs
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Cho'Gath has been on the same team as Amumu in 1667 recently played, ranked games. By pooling so much complete data from the makers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Cho'Gath play with Amumu. It is relatively rare for Cho'Gath to play with Amumu as teammates. This has only occurred in approx. 1.9% of matches with Cho'Gath.

Cho'Gath Amumu Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Cho'Gath does a below average job of synergizing with Amumu. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.2% of the time the champs try and work together in. If you want to play better as Cho'Gath when playing with Amumu by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Cho'Gath vs Amumu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCrystalline Bracer

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisHeartsteel

Optional Items

StormsurgeFrozen HeartRanduin's OmenJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cho'Gath to level upq
>
Second ability for Cho'Gath to level upw
>
Last skill for Cho'Gath to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Cho'Gath's passive ability p
Cho'Gath's q ability q
Cho'Gath's w ability w
Cho'Gath's e ability e
Cho'Gath's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Cho'Gath and Amumu

Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath with Amumu

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 Amumu Will Play

Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.

Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.

Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.

Cho'Gath Amumu Synergy Stats

Cho'Gath Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Amumu Image
6.7
< Kills >
5.9
5.7
< Deaths >
5.6
6.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
159
< Minions Killed >
152
0.41
< Dragons Killed >
0.42
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.46
3,225
< Physical Damage >
3,149
14,047
< Magic Damage >
13,400
4,441
< True Damage >
3,894
21,714
< Damage Dealt >
20,444
42,322
< Damage Taken >
41,458
11,700
< Gold Earned >
11,358
2.19
< Towers >
2.13
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
9,125
< Total Healing >
9,220
14,949
< Experience >
14,551
18
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
753
< Time Dealing CC >
767

How to Play with Amumu as Cho'Gath in LoL

The Cho'Gath Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, 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 Amumu. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Amumu helps Cho'Gath perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Cho'Gath tries to synergize with Amumu, he gets a little increase in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Amumu helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played alongside Amumu on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Amumu.

Moreover, when Cho'Gath plays with Amumu on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Amumu does a poor job of protecting Cho'Gath in teamfights.

Synergies between Cho'Gath and Amumu

Damage Types Compared

Cho'Gath
Amumu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Cho'Gath
Amumu

Is Cho'Gath better when played alongside Amumu?

There is no top champion pairing for Cho'Gath that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Amumu is a relatively poor teammate for Cho'Gath. By locking into the same team as Cho'Gath, he lowers their win rate by -1.3% to 48.2%. This signals that there is a harmful synergy between Cho'Gath and Amumu that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Amumu has a lower difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players don't need to be cautious when lining up Amumu teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by grouping Cho'Gath and Amumu together, you probably will not be granting your team very much sustained damage output. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Amumu teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players

How We Calculated Our Cho'Gath Amumu Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Cho'Gath and Amumu, we analyzed 1,667 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Cho'Gath with Amumu comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath to work well with Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to get in your Cho'Gath and Amumu synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Amumu than with most other common item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 48.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Amumu with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Cho'Gath players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.

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