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Garen vs Cho'Gath

How to Beat Cho'Gath as Garen in LoLGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Cho'Gath as Garen

based on 2,991 Garen vs Cho'Gath matchups
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our database, Garen fought Cho'Gath in 2991 matches. Including so many games with Garen vs Cho'Gath gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening statistics and a recommended build to annihilate your foe. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Garen is forced to battle against Cho'Gath in only 2.2% of his matches.

Garen vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a dismal job of beating Cho'Gath. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.3% of matches the champs face each other in. In Garen against Cho'Gath rounds, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Cho'Gath.

Best Garen vs Cho'Gath Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSundered SkyStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerDead Man's PlateMortal ReminderSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
>
Second ability for Garen to level upq
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Cho'Gath

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

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.

Garen vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Cho'Gath Image
6.1
< Kills >
5.8
5.1
< Deaths >
5.3
4.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
175
< Minions Killed >
154
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.43
0.62
< Inhibitors >
0.49
16,086
< Physical Damage >
3,601
217
< Magic Damage >
13,781
5,376
< True Damage >
3,920
21,680
< Damage Dealt >
21,303
32,184
< Damage Taken >
41,319
12,123
< Gold Earned >
11,451
2.76
< Towers >
2.24
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.19
3,314
< Total Healing >
9,256
15,188
< Experience >
14,674
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
143
< Time Dealing CC >
791

How to Counter Cho'Gath with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several significant Garen versus Cho'Gath matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Cho'Gath..

Garen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Cho'Gath. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Cho'Gath

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Cho'Gath
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Cho'Gath

Who is Better, Garen or Cho'Gath?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when taking on Cho'Gath, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a poor counter for Cho'Gath.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Cho'Gath, when facing one another, Garen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Cho'Gath.

Moreover, Garen has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This 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 in League of Legends, in Garen vs Cho'Gath matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter to Cho'Gath. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Cho'Gath.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Cho'Gath Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Cho'Gath as Garen, we analyzed 2,991 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Cho'Gath as Garen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Garen in order to counter Cho'Gath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen typically gets a similar amount of CS as Cho'Gath. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Garen versus Cho'Gath build consist of Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Cho'Gath than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 48.3% battling Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Cho'Gath as Garen, Garen players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Garen vs Cho'Gath clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Cho'Gath as Garen are presented for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.