Cho'Gath vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Cho'Gath
based on 1,418 Cho'Gath vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Cho'Gath vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several strategic Cho'Gath versus Heimerdinger counter stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Heimerdinger..
Cho'Gath often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually wins when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes a good counter to Heimerdinger.
While Cho'Gath does have a higher win rate than Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Heimerdinger.
Furthermore, Cho'Gath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Heimerdinger matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Cho'Gath is a decent counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath versus Heimerdinger build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Force of Nature. When Cho'Gath bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 51.6% battling Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Cho'Gath, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Cho'Gath vs Heimerdinger counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.
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