Gnar vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Gnar
based on 489 Gnar vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Braum Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Gnar Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Braum as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Gnar vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Gnar vs. Braum matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Braum’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Braum. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Gnar normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Braum. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Braum
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Gnar or Braum?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when taking on Braum, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes an ok counter to Braum.
While Gnar does have a higher win rate compared to Braum, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Braumas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Braum matchups, Gnar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Gnar is a decent counter for Braum. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Braum.
Other Champion Matchups Against Gnar
Additional Information for Gnar Players
How We Calculated Our Gnar vs Braum Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Braum 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar on average racks up much more CS as Braum. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Gnar versus Braum build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Braum than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 50.9% when countering Braum with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Braum as Gnar, Gnar players 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 combinations players used for Gnar vs Braum matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Braum as Gnar are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.