Gnar vs Cho'Gath
How to Beat Cho'Gath as Gnar
based on 852 Gnar vs Cho'Gath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Cho'Gath
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Advice to Win Against Cho'Gath
Focus on preventing Cho'Gath from reaching his max size.
Purchasing a few HP items decreases the chances of Cho'Gath killing you quickly.
Rupture has a smoke cloud indicating the area it will strike. Try to watch out for it to prevent Cho'Gath from being able to combo his abilities.
Gnar vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats
How to Counter Cho'Gath with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several significant Gnar vs. Cho'Gath matchup statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Cho'Gath..
Gnar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Cho'Gath. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Cho'Gath
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Who is Better, Gnar or Cho'Gath?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when taking on Cho'Gath, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes a poor counter for Cho'Gath.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate compared to Cho'Gath, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Gnar into Cho'Gathas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Cho'Gath matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gnar is a terribly counter for Cho'Gath. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Cho'Gath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Cho'Gath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Cho'Gath. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Gnar versus Cho'Gath build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Cho'Gath than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 47.9% when countering Cho'Gath with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Cho'Gath as Gnar, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Gnar vs Cho'Gath counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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