Cho'Gath vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Cho'Gath
based on 931 Cho'Gath vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Cho'Gath vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Cho'Gath vs. Zilean counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, showing that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Cho'Gath often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Zilean
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Cho'Gath makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower winrate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Cho'Gath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Cho'Gath into Zilean.
Additionally, Cho'Gath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Cho'Gath is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Cho'Gath against Zilean.
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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 Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath often picks up more CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath versus Zilean build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Cho'Gath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Zilean than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Zilean as Cho'Gath, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Cho'Gath vs Zilean fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
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