Cho'Gath vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Cho'Gath
based on 4,473 Cho'Gath vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Cho'Gath vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stats provided here feature several vital Cho'Gath vs. Master Yi matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between these two champs. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Master Yi..
Cho'Gath normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Master Yi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Master Yi?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when trying to fight Master Yi, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Cho'Gath makes a poor counter to Master Yi.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower winrate than Master Yi, when facing one another, Cho'Gath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Master Yi.
Furthermore, Cho'Gath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Cho'Gath to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath often gets much more CS compared to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, 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, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Cho'Gath versus Master Yi build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Master Yi than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when countering Master Yi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Master Yi 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 runes players chose for Cho'Gath vs Master Yi face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Master Yi as Cho'Gath are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.