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

Cho'Gath vs Ziggs

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

based on 1,290 Cho'Gath vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. In our data, Cho'Gath fought Ziggs in 1290 games. Including so many matchups for Cho'Gath versus Ziggs gives us faith in our capacity to produce useful stats and a recommended build to defeat your foe. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Cho'Gath has to counter Ziggs in only 1.5% of his games.

Cho'Gath vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Cho'Gath has done a good job of countering Ziggs. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.9% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Cho'Gath against Ziggs rounds, Cho'Gath’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Cho'Gath vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltCrystalline Bracer

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairHeartsteelHollow Radiance

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernWarmog's ArmorThornmailForce of Nature

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
5
E
6
R
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E
8
Q
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Cho'Gath

Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Ziggs

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 Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Cho'Gath vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Cho'Gath Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Ziggs Image
6.1
< Kills >
5.3
5.6
< Deaths >
5.7
6.1
< Assists >
8.4
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
154
< Minions Killed >
170
0.44
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.55
3,243
< Physical Damage >
866
13,682
< Magic Damage >
27,364
4,158
< True Damage >
392
21,085
< Damage Dealt >
28,623
44,500
< Damage Taken >
18,061
11,701
< Gold Earned >
11,722
2.26
< Towers >
2.85
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
10,166
< Total Healing >
1,667
15,104
< Experience >
13,850
19
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
10
790
< Time Dealing CC >
264

How to Counter Ziggs with Cho'Gath in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some vital Cho'Gath vs. Ziggs counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ziggs..

Cho'Gath usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Ziggs. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Cho'Gath and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Cho'Gath
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cho'Gath
Ziggs

Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Ziggs?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually wins when trying to fight Ziggs, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Cho'Gath makes a good counter to Ziggs.

While Cho'Gath does have a higher win rate than Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Cho'Gath into Ziggs.

Moreover, Cho'Gath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Cho'Gath is a good counter for Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Cho'Gath against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Cho'Gath Players

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

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Cho'Gath, we analyzed 1,290 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 Ziggs 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 to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cho'Gath often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Ziggs. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Cho'Gath versus Ziggs build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Cho'Gath included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Ziggs than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average win rate of 52.9% when playing against Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Ziggs as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Cho'Gath vs Ziggs counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.9% win rate overall.

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