Cho'Gath vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Cho'Gath
based on 2,449 Cho'Gath vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Rakan
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 Rakan
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Cho'Gath vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Cho'Gath against Rakan matchup stats that can help us explain the distinctions between these two champs. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Cho'Gath often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Rakan. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Rakan
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Rakan?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually wins when taking on Rakan, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Cho'Gath makes a good counter for Rakan.
While Cho'Gath does have a higher winrate than Rakan, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Cho'Gath into Rakan.
Additionally, Cho'Gath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Rakan 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 allies during team fights.
Cho'Gath is a decent counter for Rakan. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath to counter Rakan during both the lane 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 tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath most often picks up much more CS relative to Rakan. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath versus Rakan build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Force of Nature. When Cho'Gath included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Rakan than with many other typical builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 51.8% battling Rakan with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Rakan as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Cho'Gath vs Rakan fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
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