Varus with Cho'Gath
How to Synergize Varus and Cho'Gath
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Varus Cho'Gath Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Varus with Cho'Gath
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus Cho'Gath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Cho'Gath as Varus in LoL
The Varus 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, Varus 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 Varus perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus is an ally to Cho'Gath, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Cho'Gath supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Cho'Gath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Cho'Gath. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Cho'Gath.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Cho'Gath on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Cho'Gath does a poor job of protecting Varus during teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Cho'Gath
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Is Varus better when played alongside Cho'Gath?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Varus that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Cho'Gath is a very typical teammate for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 47.7%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Varus and Cho'Gath that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Cho'Gath has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you should be cautious when enlisting Cho'Gath allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Varus and Cho'Gath together, you will not be giving your other teammates much utility. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Cho'Gath ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus to work well with Cho'Gath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Varus and Cho'Gath synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Cho'Gath than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 47.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Varus players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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