Cho'Gath vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Cho'Gath
based on 3,101 Cho'Gath vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Cho'Gath vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some valuable Cho'Gath against Zed matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Cho'Gath normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Zed
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes a good counter to Zed.
While Cho'Gath does have a higher winrate than Zed, when facing one another, Cho'Gath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Cho'Gath into Zed.
Moreover, Cho'Gath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Zed matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Cho'Gath is an above average counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Cho'Gath against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath in order to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zed. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Cho'Gath versus Zed build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Zed than with many other common builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average win rate of 52.7% when countering Zed with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Zed 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 runes players picked for Cho'Gath vs Zed battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.7% winrate overall.
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