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

Cho'Gath vs Shyvana

How to Beat Shyvana as Cho'Gath in LoLCho'Gath is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Shyvana as Cho'Gath

based on 1,189 Cho'Gath vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Shyvana as Cho'Gath came out of an analysis of 1189 ranked rounds where both champions opposed each other. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Cho'Gath has to counter Shyvana in only 1.4% of his games.

Cho'Gath vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Cho'Gath has done a average job of beating Shyvana. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of games the champs face one another in. In Cho'Gath versus Shyvana rounds, Cho'Gath’s team is 0.2% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Shyvana.

Best Cho'Gath vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltRuby Crystal

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisHeartsteel

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernStormsurgeHollow RadianceRod of Ages

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cho'Gath to level upe
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Second ability for Cho'Gath to level upq
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Last skill for Cho'Gath to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedArmorHealth Scaling
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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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Cho'Gath

Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Shyvana

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 Shyvana

All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.

Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.

A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.

Cho'Gath vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Cho'Gath Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Shyvana Image
5.9
< Kills >
5.9
5.1
< Deaths >
5.8
6
< Assists >
6.6
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
149
< Minions Killed >
67
0.42
< Dragons Killed >
1.58
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.51
3,177
< Physical Damage >
5,573
13,120
< Magic Damage >
15,415
3,823
< True Damage >
1,169
20,121
< Damage Dealt >
22,159
40,515
< Damage Taken >
33,480
11,246
< Gold Earned >
12,243
2.12
< Towers >
1.77
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
9,398
< Total Healing >
12,217
14,419
< Experience >
14,328
19
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
7
757
< Time Dealing CC >
194

How to Counter Shyvana with Cho'Gath in LoL

The stats provided here show several valuable Cho'Gath vs. Shyvana counter stats that may help us realize the differences between the two. For instance, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shyvana..

Cho'Gath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Shyvana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Cho'Gath and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Cho'Gath
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cho'Gath
Shyvana

Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Shyvana?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes an ok counter for Shyvana.

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

Furthermore, Cho'Gath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Shyvana matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Cho'Gath is a decent counter to Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Shyvana.

Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players

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

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Cho'Gath, we analyzed 1,189 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 Shyvana 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cho'Gath usually picks up more CS compared to Shyvana. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly 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 case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Cho'Gath versus Shyvana build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Shyvana than with most other common builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Shyvana as Cho'Gath, you 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 combinations players picked for Cho'Gath vs Shyvana LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.

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