Cho'Gath with Graves
How to Synergize Cho'Gath and Graves
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Cho'Gath Graves Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Cho'Gath and Graves
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath with Graves
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 Understand How Graves Will Play
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
Cho'Gath Graves Synergy Stats
How to Play with Graves as Cho'Gath in LoL
The Cho'Gath Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Cho'Gath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Graves helps Cho'Gath perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Cho'Gath tries to synergize with Graves, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Graves does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played together with Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Graves.
Additionally, when Cho'Gath plays with Graves on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Graves does a decent job of covering Cho'Gath during teamfights.
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Is Cho'Gath better when played alongside Graves?
There is no top champion pairing for Cho'Gath that will no matter what be his best ally. However, overall, Graves is a very typical ally for Cho'Gath. By being on the same side as Cho'Gath, he raises their win rate by 0.8% to 50.3%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Cho'Gath and Graves that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Graves has a lower difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Graves teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Cho'Gath players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by grouping Cho'Gath and Graves together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Graves teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath in order to pair well with Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Cho'Gath and Graves synergy build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Graves than with many other typical builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average win rate of 50.3% helping carry Graves with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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