Cho'Gath vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Cho'Gath
based on 4,129 Cho'Gath vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Cho'Gath vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Cho'Gath against Kayn counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Cho'Gath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kayn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Kayn
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually fairs equally well when taking on Kayn, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Cho'Gath does have a higher winrate than Kayn, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Cho'Gath into Kayn.
Additionally, Cho'Gath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Kayn matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Cho'Gath is a decent counter to Kayn. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath in order to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath usually picks up much more CS as Kayn. Champs who typically 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Cho'Gath versus Kayn build consist of Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Kayn than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average winrate of 50.4% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Kayn as Cho'Gath, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Cho'Gath vs Kayn counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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