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.
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
The Cho'Gath Brand synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Brand, 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 Brand. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Brand helps Cho'Gath perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Cho'Gath is paired with Brand, he gets a small increase in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Brand helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played alongside Brand on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Brand. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Brand.
Moreover, when Cho'Gath plays with Brand on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Brand does a poor job of protecting Cho'Gath in team fights.
There is no one best ally for Cho'Gath that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, Brand is a good teammate for Cho'Gath. By playing on the same side as Cho'Gath, he improves their win rate by 1.4% to 50.9%. This shows that there is a somewhat important bond between Cho'Gath and Brand that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Brand has a lower difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players don't need to be cautious when lining up Brand teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, Cho'Gath players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Cho'Gath and Brand together, you will not be granting your team enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Brand teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath to synergize with Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Cho'Gath and Brand synergy build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Brand than with most other typical builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average winrate of 50.9% helping carry Brand with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Cho'Gath and Brand pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
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