Cho'Gath with Skarner
How to Synergize Cho'Gath and Skarner
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Cho'Gath Skarner Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Cho'Gath and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath with Skarner
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 Skarner Will Play
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Cho'Gath Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Cho'Gath in LoL
The Cho'Gath Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, 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 Skarner. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Skarner helps Cho'Gath perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Cho'Gath is an ally to Skarner, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This could indicate that Skarner supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played together with Skarner on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Skarner. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Skarner.
Additionally, when Cho'Gath plays with Skarner on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Skarner does a decent job of covering Cho'Gath in team fights.
Synergies between Cho'Gath and Skarner
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Is Cho'Gath better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no one best companion for Cho'Gath that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, Skarner is a top-tier teammate for Cho'Gath. By playing on the same side as Cho'Gath, he raises their win rate by 3.0% to 52.5%. This proves that there is an important synergy between Cho'Gath and Skarner that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Skarner has a lower difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Skarner comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
Working alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by aligning Cho'Gath and Skarner together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates very much AD. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down 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 learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath in order to pair well with Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Cho'Gath and Skarner synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Skarner than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when playing alongside Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Cho'Gath players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.
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