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.
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
The Cho'Gath Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Darius. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Darius helps Cho'Gath perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Cho'Gath is an ally to Darius, he gets a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Darius does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played alongside Darius on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Darius.
Additionally, when Cho'Gath plays with Darius on the same side, he usually receives less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Darius does a decent job of covering Cho'Gath during team fights.
There is no perfect champion pairing for Cho'Gath that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, Darius is a relatively poor companion for Cho'Gath. By playing on the same side as Cho'Gath, he drops their win rate by -1.9% to 47.6%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Cho'Gath and Darius that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Darius has a much lower diffuclty than Cho'Gath. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Darius comrades to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, Cho'Gath players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Cho'Gath and Darius together, you probably will not be granting your side very much support. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Darius ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath to synergize with Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath and Darius synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Darius than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average winrate of 47.6% when playing alongside Darius with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Darius with Cho'Gath are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.