Cho'Gath with Ekko
How to Synergize Cho'Gath and Ekko
based on 3,333 Cho'Gath with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Cho'Gath Ekko Synergy Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Cho'Gath and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath with Ekko
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 Ekko Will Play
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
Cho'Gath Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Cho'Gath in LoL
The Cho'Gath Ekko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ekko, 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 Ekko. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ekko helps Cho'Gath perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Cho'Gath is an ally to Ekko, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This may indicate that Ekko does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Cho'Gath is played alongside Ekko on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ekko. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ekko.
Moreover, when Cho'Gath plays with Ekko on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Ekko does a poor job of covering Cho'Gath in team fights.
Synergies between Cho'Gath and Ekko
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Is Cho'Gath better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Cho'Gath that will always be his top synergy. However, Ekko is a good companion for Cho'Gath. By playing on the same side as Cho'Gath, he improves their win rate by 1.2% to 50.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a good strategic relationship between Cho'Gath and Ekko that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Ekko has a greater difficulty than Cho'Gath. That means Cho'Gath players need to be careful when finding Ekko teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Cho'Gath and Ekko together, you may not be providing your other allies enough sustained damage output. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Ekko ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Cho'Gath to pair well with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to include in your Cho'Gath and Ekko synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Ekko than with most other common builds. In fact, Cho'Gath had an average winrate of 50.7% helping carry Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Cho'Gath players should take 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 sets we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Ekko with Cho'Gath are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.