Gnar vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Gnar
based on 2,707 Gnar vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Gnar vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical Gnar against Mordekaiser counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Mordekaiser..
Gnar typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Mordekaiser. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Mordekaiser
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Who is Better, Gnar or Mordekaiser?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when playing against Mordekaiser, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes a bad counter for Mordekaiser.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate compared to Mordekaiser, when facing one another, Gnar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gnar into Mordekaiseras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Gnar is a terribly counter to Mordekaiser. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar to counter Mordekaiser during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Mordekaiser. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Mordekaiser build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Mordekaiser than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 47.0% battling Mordekaiser with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Mordekaiser as Gnar, Gnar players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Gnar vs Mordekaiser battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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