Xerath with Cho'Gath
How to Synergize Xerath and Cho'Gath
based on 3,058 Xerath with Cho'Gath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Cho'Gath Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Cho'Gath
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Cho'Gath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Cho'Gath as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Cho'Gath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Cho'Gath helps Xerath perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is paired with Cho'Gath, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Cho'Gath helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Cho'Gath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Cho'Gath. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Cho'Gath.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Cho'Gath on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Cho'Gath does a poor job of protecting Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Cho'Gath
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Cho'Gath?
There is no one best synergy for Xerath that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Cho'Gath is a very typical ally for Xerath. By playing on the same team as Xerath, he decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 50.0%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Xerath and Cho'Gath that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Cho'Gath has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be cautious when arranging Cho'Gath teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Xerath players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by aligning Xerath and Cho'Gath together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of AD. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Cho'Gath teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xerath to pair well with Cho'Gath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Xerath and Cho'Gath synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Cho'Gath than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 50.0% when playing alongside Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Xerath and Cho'Gath pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.
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