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.
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
The Cho'Gath Nocturne synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nocturne, 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 Nocturne. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nocturne helps Cho'Gath perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Cho'Gath is paired with Nocturne, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Nocturne supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played alongside Nocturne 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 with Nocturne.
Moreover, when Cho'Gath plays with Nocturne on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Nocturne does a poor job of protecting Cho'Gath during teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Cho'Gath that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. However, overall, Nocturne is a pretty good ally for Cho'Gath. By locking into the same team as Cho'Gath, he increases their win rate by 2.6% to 52.1%. This proves that there is a somewhat important synergy between Cho'Gath and Nocturne that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Nocturne has a lower difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players don't need to be careful when finding Nocturne allies to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, Cho'Gath players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Cho'Gath and Nocturne together, you may not be granting your team much support. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Nocturne ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
To truly master Cho'Gath to work well with Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Cho'Gath and Nocturne synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Hollow Radiance. When Cho'Gath bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Nocturne than with most other common builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average winrate of 52.1% when playing alongside Nocturne with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Cho'Gath players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
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