Cho'Gath vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Cho'Gath
based on 1,846 Cho'Gath vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Cho'Gath vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several influential Cho'Gath vs. Vel'Koz counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Cho'Gath normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Cho'Gath makes a poor counter to Vel'Koz.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Cho'Gath into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter to Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Vel'Koz.
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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 Vel'Koz 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 tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath on average racks up more CS as Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Cho'Gath versus Vel'Koz build consist of Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Cho'Gath used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Vel'Koz than with many other common builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Vel'Koz 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Cho'Gath vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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