Gnar vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Gnar
based on 760 Gnar vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Kindred
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 Kindred
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.
Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
Gnar vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some influential Gnar against Kindred matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kindred..
Gnar typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kindred. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Kindred
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Who is Better, Gnar or Kindred?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when taking on Kindred, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes a poor counter for Kindred.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate than Kindred, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Kindredas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gnar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Kindred matchups, Kindred 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 teamfights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter for Kindred. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Kindred during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar usually gets much more CS as Kindred. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Kindred build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Kindred than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when countering Kindred with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Kindred as Gnar, you should take 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 Kindred counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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