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How to Win Cho'Gath vs Garen Counter MatchupCho'Gath is in the b tier of champions

Cho'Gath vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Cho'Gath in LoLCho'Gath is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Cho'Gath

based on 2,991 Cho'Gath vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Garen as Cho'Gath came out of an examination of 2991 ranked matches where both champs faced one another. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Cho'Gath is forced to battle against Garen in only 3.5% of his matches.

Cho'Gath vs Garen Matchup Summary

Cho'Gath does a decent job of beating Garen. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.7% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Cho'Gath against Garen games, Cho'Gath’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Garen.

Best Cho'Gath vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Rejuvenation BeadRuby Crystal

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Warmog's ArmorJak'Sho, The ProteanRod of AgesHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cho'Gath to level upe
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Second ability for Cho'Gath to level upq
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Last skill for Cho'Gath to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedArmorHealth Scaling
Cho'Gath's passive ability p
Cho'Gath's q ability q
Cho'Gath's w ability w
Cho'Gath's e ability e
Cho'Gath's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Garen as Cho'Gath

Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Garen

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 Win Against Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Cho'Gath vs Garen Counter Stats

Cho'Gath Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Garen Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.1
5.3
< Deaths >
5.1
6.1
< Assists >
4.1
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
154
< Minions Killed >
175
0.43
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.62
3,601
< Physical Damage >
16,086
13,781
< Magic Damage >
217
3,920
< True Damage >
5,376
21,303
< Damage Dealt >
21,680
41,319
< Damage Taken >
32,184
11,451
< Gold Earned >
12,123
2.24
< Towers >
2.76
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,256
< Total Healing >
3,314
14,674
< Experience >
15,188
19
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
791
< Time Dealing CC >
143

How to Counter Garen with Cho'Gath in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Cho'Gath versus Garen counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Garen..

Cho'Gath normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Garen. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Cho'Gath and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Cho'Gath
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cho'Gath
Garen

Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Garen?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually wins when playing against Garen, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Cho'Gath makes a good counter for Garen.

While Cho'Gath does have a higher winrate than Garen, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Garen.

Moreover, Cho'Gath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Garen matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Cho'Gath is a decent counter for Garen. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Garen.

Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players

How We Calculated Our Cho'Gath vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Cho'Gath, we analyzed 2,991 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Garen as Cho'Gath comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Cho'Gath in order to counter Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cho'Gath most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Garen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath versus Garen build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Cho'Gath used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Garen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Garen with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Garen as Cho'Gath, 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. Of all the rune sets players used for Cho'Gath vs Garen face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.

If you need to see Cho'Gath vs Garen tips and counter stats for a a specific rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and guides displayed are calculated using every round played with these champs.