Cho'Gath vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Cho'Gath
based on 407 Cho'Gath vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Cho'Gath vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several vital Cho'Gath vs. Rek'Sai counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rek'Sai’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rek'Sai..
Cho'Gath often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Rek'Sai. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Rek'Sai?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when playing against Rek'Sai, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Cho'Gath makes a poor counter to Rek'Sai.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower winrate than Rek'Sai, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Cho'Gath into Rek'Sai.
Moreover, Cho'Gath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Rek'Sai matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter for Rek'Sai. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Rek'Sai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Cho'Gath to counter Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather 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 significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath often racks up much more CS compared to Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath versus Rek'Sai build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Rek'Sai than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average win rate of 48.9% battling Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Rek'Sai as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players 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 rune sets we have analyed for Cho'Gath vs Rek'Sai matchups, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rek'Sai as Cho'Gath are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.