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How to Win Cho'Gath vs Rammus Counter MatchupCho'Gath is in the b tier of champions

Cho'Gath vs Rammus

How to Beat Rammus as Cho'Gath in LoLCho'Gath is in the a tier of champions
TankMage
TankFighter

How to Beat Rammus as Cho'Gath

based on 1,521 Cho'Gath vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.43
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our dataset, Cho'Gath fought Rammus 1521 times. Including so many games with Cho'Gath versus Rammus gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide actionable data and a pro build to obliterate your opposition. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Cho'Gath encounters Rammus in only 1.8% of his rounds.

Cho'Gath vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Cho'Gath does a average job of beating Rammus. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.7% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Cho'Gath versus Rammus matches, Cho'Gath’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood against Rammus.

Best Cho'Gath vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltCrystalline Bracer

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisHeartsteel

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanForce of NatureHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cho'Gath to level upq
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Second ability for Cho'Gath to level upw
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Last skill for Cho'Gath to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Cho'Gath's passive ability p
Cho'Gath's q ability q
Cho'Gath's w ability w
Cho'Gath's e ability e
Cho'Gath's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Cho'Gath

Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Cho'Gath vs Rammus Counter Stats

Cho'Gath Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Rammus Image
6.6
< Kills >
4
5.4
< Deaths >
5.8
6.5
< Assists >
11.5
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
0.89
151
< Minions Killed >
31
0.42
< Dragons Killed >
1.15
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.35
3,243
< Physical Damage >
2,548
14,782
< Magic Damage >
11,827
4,324
< True Damage >
830
22,350
< Damage Dealt >
15,205
42,408
< Damage Taken >
32,277
11,653
< Gold Earned >
10,548
2.31
< Towers >
1.12
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
9,755
< Total Healing >
12,440
14,698
< Experience >
12,907
19
< Vision Score >
20
9
< Wards Placed >
7
785
< Time Dealing CC >
596

How to Counter Rammus with Cho'Gath in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Cho'Gath vs. Rammus matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rammus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rammus..

Cho'Gath often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Rammus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Cho'Gath and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Cho'Gath
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cho'Gath
Rammus

Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Rammus?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually fairs equally well when playing against Rammus, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes an ok counter to Rammus.

While Cho'Gath does have a higher winrate than Rammus, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Rammus.

Additionally, Cho'Gath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Rammus matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Cho'Gath is a decent counter for Rammus. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Rammus.

Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players

How We Calculated Our Cho'Gath vs Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Cho'Gath, we analyzed 1,521 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rammus as Cho'Gath comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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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 Rammus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cho'Gath usually gets much more CS compared to Rammus. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Cho'Gath versus Rammus build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Rammus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average winrate of 50.7% when playing against Rammus with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Rammus as Cho'Gath, you should equip 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 used for Cho'Gath vs Rammus clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.

If you want to see Cho'Gath x Rammus tips and builds for a a specific rank, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and strategies displayed are calculated using all games finished with both champs.