Vel'Koz vs Cho'Gath
How to Beat Cho'Gath as Vel'Koz
based on 1,846 Vel'Koz vs Cho'Gath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Cho'Gath
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats
How to Counter Cho'Gath with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats provided here feature some vital Vel'Koz vs. Cho'Gath matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Cho'Gath..
Vel'Koz typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Cho'Gath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Cho'Gath
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Cho'Gath?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when facing off against Cho'Gath, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a good counter to Cho'Gath.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Cho'Gath, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Cho'Gathas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Cho'Gath matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Cho'Gath. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Cho'Gath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Cho'Gath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often accumulates less CS relative to Cho'Gath. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Cho'Gath build consist of Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Shadowflame. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Cho'Gath than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Cho'Gath with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Cho'Gath as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Cho'Gath LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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