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

Cho'Gath with Irelia

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

based on 1,339 Cho'Gath with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Cho'Gath has gone into battle with Irelia in 1339 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much complete data from the publishers of League, we are confident that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Cho'Gath play with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Cho'Gath to play with Irelia on the same team. This has only taken place in approximately 1.6% of matches with Cho'Gath.

Cho'Gath Irelia Synergy Summary

Cho'Gath does a decent job of playing alongside Irelia. On average, he wins an acceptable 51.5% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Cho'Gath when fighting on the same team as Irelia by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Cho'Gath vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltRuby Crystal

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisHeartsteelJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairFrozen HeartForce of NatureHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cho'Gath to level upe
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Second ability for Cho'Gath to level upq
>
Last skill for Cho'Gath to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
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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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Cho'Gath and Irelia

Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath with Irelia

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 Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Cho'Gath Irelia Synergy Stats

Cho'Gath Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Irelia Image
5.8
< Kills >
5.9
5.7
< Deaths >
5.6
6.3
< Assists >
6.1
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
140
< Minions Killed >
152
0.5
< Dragons Killed >
0.42
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.46
2,868
< Physical Damage >
3,149
13,525
< Magic Damage >
13,400
3,878
< True Damage >
3,894
20,272
< Damage Dealt >
20,444
40,609
< Damage Taken >
41,458
11,283
< Gold Earned >
11,358
2.16
< Towers >
2.13
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
9,335
< Total Healing >
9,220
14,306
< Experience >
14,551
20
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
760
< Time Dealing CC >
767

How to Play with Irelia as Cho'Gath in LoL

The Cho'Gath Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 Irelia. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Irelia helps Cho'Gath perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Cho'Gath tries to synergize with Irelia, he sees a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Irelia doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played alongside Irelia on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Irelia.

Additionally, when Cho'Gath plays with Irelia on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Irelia does a decent job of covering Cho'Gath in teamfights.

Synergies between Cho'Gath and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Cho'Gath
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Cho'Gath
Irelia

Is Cho'Gath better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no one best companion for Cho'Gath that will always be his ideal ally. However, Irelia is a good companion for Cho'Gath. By locking into the same team as Cho'Gath, she increases their win rate by 2.0% to 51.5%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good bond between Cho'Gath and Irelia that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Irelia has a lower difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players don't need to be careful when finding Irelia comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing together, Cho'Gath players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by bringing Cho'Gath and Irelia together, you will not be giving your other teammates much support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Irelia teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players

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

For this guide on pairing Cho'Gath and Irelia, we analyzed 1,339 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 Irelia 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath in order to work well with Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to have in your Cho'Gath and Irelia synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Cho'Gath combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Irelia than with most other common item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average winrate of 51.5% helping carry Irelia with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against 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 builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Cho'Gath with Irelia collaboration tips and builds for a a specific skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and build suggestions shown are computed using all matches finished with these champions.