Gnar vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Gnar
based on 368 Gnar vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Gnar vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Gnar vs. Kalista matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..
Gnar often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kalista. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Kalista
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Who is Better, Gnar or Kalista?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually wins when taking on Kalista, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes a great counter for Kalista.
While Gnar does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Gnar into Kalistaas his relative depth means 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 Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Kalista matchups, Gnar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Gnar is a great counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Kalista 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 tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Kalista. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Gnar versus Kalista build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Kalista than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 53.8% when countering Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Kalista 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 runes players picked for Gnar vs Kalista face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kalista as Gnar are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.