Lucian with Cho'Gath
How to Synergize Lucian and Cho'Gath
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Lucian Cho'Gath Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Cho'Gath
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Advice to Understand How Cho'Gath Will Play
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.
Lucian Cho'Gath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Cho'Gath as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian Cho'Gath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Cho'Gath, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lucian sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Cho'Gath. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Cho'Gath helps Lucian perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lucian tries to synergize with Cho'Gath, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Cho'Gath supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played with Cho'Gath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Cho'Gath.
Moreover, when Lucian plays with Cho'Gath on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Cho'Gath does a poor job of covering Lucian during teamfights.
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Cho'Gath?
There is no top synergy for Lucian that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, Cho'Gath is a very typical teammate for Lucian. By playing on the same team as Lucian, he drops their win rate by -0.9% to 47.9%. This shows that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Lucian and Cho'Gath that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Cho'Gath has a lower difficulty than Lucian. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Cho'Gath comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Together, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by bringing Lucian and Cho'Gath together, you may not be providing your side a lot of support. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Cho'Gath ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Lucian in order to synergize with Cho'Gath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Lucian and Cho'Gath synergy build include Rapid Firecannon, Navori Quickblades, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Lucian incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Cho'Gath than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 47.9% helping carry Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Lucian players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Lucian and Cho'Gath pairings, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.
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