Akshan vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Akshan
based on 786 Akshan vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Gnar
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Advice to Win Against Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Akshan vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Akshan against Gnar counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Gnar. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Akshan often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. Typically, they receives less damage than Gnar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Gnar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually wins when facing off against Gnar, with a 53.9% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a great counter for Gnar.
While Akshan does have a higher winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Akshan into Gnar.
Additionally, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Gnar matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a great counter for Gnar. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average gets a similar amount of CS as Gnar. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Akshan versus Gnar build include Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan included at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better when fighting Gnar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 53.9% battling Gnar with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Gnar as Akshan, Akshan players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Akshan vs Gnar counter picks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.9% winrate overall.
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