Maokai with Cho'Gath
How to Synergize Maokai and Cho'Gath
based on 2,600 Maokai with Cho'Gath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Cho'Gath Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Cho'Gath
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Advice to Understand How Cho'Gath Will Play
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.
Maokai Cho'Gath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Cho'Gath as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Cho'Gath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Cho'Gath, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Maokai sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Cho'Gath. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Cho'Gath helps Maokai perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Maokai is paired with Cho'Gath, he sees a little drop in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Cho'Gath does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Cho'Gath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Cho'Gath.
Additionally, when Maokai plays with Cho'Gath on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Cho'Gath does a decent job of covering Maokai during team fights.
Synergies between Maokai and Cho'Gath
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Cho'Gath?
There is no ideal companion for Maokai that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, overall, Cho'Gath is a very typical teammate for Maokai. By locking into the same team as Maokai, he raises their win rate by 0.2% to 52.8%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Maokai and Cho'Gath that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Cho'Gath has a greater difficulty than Maokai. That means Maokai players need to be very careful when enlisting Cho'Gath comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Maokai and Cho'Gath together, you probably will not be granting your other allies very much attack damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Cho'Gath ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to pair well with Cho'Gath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Maokai and Cho'Gath synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai combined at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Cho'Gath than with many other typical builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 52.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Cho'Gath with Maokai are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.