Gnar vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Gnar
based on 786 Gnar vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Akshan
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.
Gnar vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several strategic Gnar versus Akshan counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akshan..
Gnar often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Akshan. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Akshan
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Who is Better, Gnar or Akshan?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when playing against Akshan, with a 46.1% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a bad counter for Akshan.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate than Akshan, when facing one another, Gnar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gnar into Akshanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gnar is a bad counter for Akshan. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Akshan during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Akshan. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Gnar versus Akshan build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Akshan than with most other common builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 46.1% when countering Akshan with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Akshan as Gnar, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Gnar vs Akshan counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Gnar are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.