Gnar vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Gnar
based on 556 Gnar vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Gnar vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here feature several influential Gnar vs. Jayce matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between these two champs. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jayce..
Gnar usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Jayce. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Jayce
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Who is Better, Gnar or Jayce?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when trying to fight Jayce, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a bad counter to Jayce.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate compared to Jayce, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Jayceas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Jayce matchups, Jayce is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter to Jayce. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar in order to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Jayce. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Jayce build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Jayce than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Jayce with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Jayce 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. Of all the rune sets players chose for Gnar vs Jayce clashes, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.
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