Vel'Koz with Cho'Gath
How to Synergize Vel'Koz and Cho'Gath
based on 1,578 Vel'Koz with Cho'Gath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Vel'Koz Cho'Gath Synergy Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Vel'Koz and Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz with Cho'Gath
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz Cho'Gath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Cho'Gath as Vel'Koz in LoL
The Vel'Koz 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, Vel'Koz sees a large worsening 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 Vel'Koz perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Vel'Koz is paired with Cho'Gath, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Cho'Gath provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Vel'Koz is played alongside Cho'Gath 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 with Cho'Gath.
Additionally, when Vel'Koz plays with Cho'Gath on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Cho'Gath does a poor job of covering Vel'Koz in team fights.
Synergies between Vel'Koz and Cho'Gath
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Is Vel'Koz better when played alongside Cho'Gath?
There is no top synergy for Vel'Koz that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Cho'Gath is a very typical ally for Vel'Koz. By locking into the same side as Vel'Koz, he improves their win rate by 0.3% to 50.6%. This signals that there is only a small synergy between Vel'Koz and Cho'Gath that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Cho'Gath has a much lower diffuclty than Vel'Koz. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Cho'Gath allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, Vel'Koz players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by bringing Vel'Koz and Cho'Gath together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Cho'Gath ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to pair well with Cho'Gath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to build first in your Vel'Koz and Cho'Gath synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Cho'Gath than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 50.6% helping carry Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Vel'Koz players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
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