Gnar vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Gnar
based on 1,181 Gnar vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Ahri
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Advice to Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Gnar vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here feature several critical Gnar vs. Ahri matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ahri..
Gnar typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ahri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Ahri
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Who is Better, Gnar or Ahri?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Ahri, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes an ok counter to Ahri.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate than Ahri, when facing one another, Gnar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Ahrias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Ahri matchups, Ahri is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter to Ahri. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Ahri. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Ahri build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Ahri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 49.7% battling Ahri with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Ahri as Gnar, Gnar players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Gnar vs Ahri face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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