Cho'Gath vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Cho'Gath
based on 742 Cho'Gath vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Cho'Gath vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some valuable Cho'Gath against Kalista 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 more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, showing that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..
Cho'Gath often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Kalista. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Kalista
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Kalista?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kalista, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes an ok counter to Kalista.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower winrate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Kalista.
Moreover, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Kalista matchups, Kalista is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter to Kalista. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Cho'Gath against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Cho'Gath versus Kalista build include Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Cho'Gath used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Kalista than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average win rate of 49.9% battling Kalista with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Kalista 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 rune sets that we analyzed for Cho'Gath vs Kalista counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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