Cho'Gath with Zilean
How to Synergize Cho'Gath and Zilean
based on 891 Cho'Gath with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Cho'Gath Zilean Synergy Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Cho'Gath and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Cho'Gath Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Cho'Gath in LoL
The Cho'Gath Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zilean helps Cho'Gath perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Cho'Gath plays on the same team as Zilean, he gets a noticable increase in his complete damage output. This could indicate that Zilean helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played together with Zilean on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zilean.
Additionally, when Cho'Gath plays with Zilean on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Cho'Gath in teamfights.
Synergies between Cho'Gath and Zilean
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Is Cho'Gath better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no top synergy for Cho'Gath that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, Zilean is a decent ally for Cho'Gath. By being on the same team as Cho'Gath, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 50.5%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important synergy between Cho'Gath and Zilean that results in them performing better together than alone.
Zilean has a greater difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players need to be very careful when finding Zilean teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working alongside, Cho'Gath players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Cho'Gath and Zilean together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Cho'Gath in order to work well with Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Cho'Gath and Zilean synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Cho'Gath players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Cho'Gath and Zilean pairings, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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