Gnar vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Gnar
based on 2,603 Gnar vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Gnar vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several critical Gnar vs. Jax matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jax’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jax..
Gnar usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Jax. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Jax
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Who is Better, Gnar or Jax?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when taking on Jax, with a 46.6% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes a poor counter to Jax.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate than Jax, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gnar into Jaxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jax. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Jax matchups, Jax is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Gnar is a terribly counter for Jax. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar to counter Jax during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Jax. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities 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 case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Gnar versus Jax build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Force of Nature. When Gnar included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Jax than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 46.6% battling Jax with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Jax as Gnar, you should use 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 players picked for Gnar vs Jax clashes, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.6% win rate overall.
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