Cho'Gath with Varus
How to Synergize Cho'Gath and Varus
based on 3,207 Cho'Gath with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Cho'Gath Varus Synergy Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Cho'Gath and Varus
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath with Varus
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 Varus Will Play
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Cho'Gath Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Cho'Gath in LoL
The Cho'Gath Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Varus helps Cho'Gath perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Cho'Gath is paired with Varus, he gets a small increase in his full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Varus provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played together with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Varus.
Additionally, when Cho'Gath plays with Varus on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Varus does a poor job of protecting Cho'Gath in team fights.
Synergies between Cho'Gath and Varus
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Is Cho'Gath better when played alongside Varus?
There is no one best champion pairing for Cho'Gath that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, overall, Varus is a relatively poor ally for Cho'Gath. By locking into the same team as Cho'Gath, he lowers their win rate by -1.8% to 47.7%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Cho'Gath and Varus that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players don't need to be cautious when arranging Varus comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Cho'Gath and Varus together, you may not be providing your other teammates a lot of utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Varus ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 work well with Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to focus on in your Cho'Gath and Varus synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Cho'Gath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Varus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average winrate of 47.7% helping carry Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.
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