Bard vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Bard
based on 1,081 Bard vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Gnar
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Bard versus Gnar counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gnar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Bard often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Gnar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Gnar
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Who is Better, Bard or Gnar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Gnar, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter for Gnar.
While Bard does have a higher win rate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Gnaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Gnar matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Bard is an above average counter for Gnar. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard usually picks up a lot less CS as Gnar. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Bard versus Gnar build include Frozen Heart, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Gnar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Gnar with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Gnar as Bard, Bard players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Bard vs Gnar counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.4% win rate overall.
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