Gnar vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Gnar
based on 650 Gnar vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Annie
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 Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Gnar vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Gnar against Annie counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Gnar typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Annie. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Annie
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Who is Better, Gnar or Annie?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when playing against Annie, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes an ok counter to Annie.
While Gnar does have a higher win rate than Annie, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Annieas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Annie matchups, Gnar is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Gnar is a decent counter to Annie. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar in order to counter Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Annie build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Annie than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Annie as Gnar, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Gnar vs Annie counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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