If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
The stats provided here clarify some influential Draven versus Gnar matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gnar. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Draven typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Gnar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Draven usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Draven makes a good counter for Gnar.
While Draven does have a higher winrate compared to Gnar, when facing one another, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Draven into Gnaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Draven also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Gnar matchups, Draven is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Draven is an above average counter for Gnar. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Gnar.
If you would like to truly master Draven in order to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Gnar. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Draven versus Gnar build include Eclipse, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Draven used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Gnar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Gnar as Draven, Draven players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Draven vs Gnar face-offs, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.
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