Cho'Gath with Shen
How to Synergize Cho'Gath and Shen
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Cho'Gath Shen Synergy Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Cho'Gath and Shen
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath with Shen
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 Shen Will Play
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Cho'Gath Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Cho'Gath in LoL
The Cho'Gath Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, 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 Shen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shen helps Cho'Gath perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Cho'Gath is an ally to Shen, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Shen provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played with Shen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Shen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Shen.
Additionally, when Cho'Gath plays with Shen on the same team, he often takes less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Shen does a decent job of protecting Cho'Gath during teamfights.
Synergies between Cho'Gath and Shen
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Is Cho'Gath better when played alongside Shen?
There is no top ally for Cho'Gath that will always be his top synergy. Yet, Shen is a very typical ally for Cho'Gath. By locking into the same side as Cho'Gath, he lowers their win rate by -1.0% to 48.5%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Cho'Gath and Shen that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Shen has a lower difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Shen allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Cho'Gath players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Together, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by aligning Cho'Gath and Shen together, you may not be granting your other teammates a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Shen ally, 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.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath in order to work well with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to build first in your Cho'Gath and Shen synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Shen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 48.5% helping carry Shen with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Cho'Gath and Shen pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Shen with Cho'Gath are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.