Gnar vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Gnar
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Gnar vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Azir
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Advice to Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Gnar vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several vital Gnar vs. Azir matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Gnar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Azir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Azir
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Who is Better, Gnar or Azir?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when playing against Azir, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Gnar into Aziras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gnar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar usually gets a similar amount of CS as Azir. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Gnar versus Azir build include Trinity Force, Randuin's Omen, and Force of Nature. When Gnar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Azir than with many other common builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Azir as Gnar, Gnar players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Gnar vs Azir LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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