Gnar vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Gnar
based on 343 Gnar vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Olaf Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Olaf
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 Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Gnar vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several strategic Gnar against Olaf counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between these two champs. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Olaf..
Gnar typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Olaf. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Olaf
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Who is Better, Gnar or Olaf?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually loses when playing against Olaf, with a 45.8% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes a bad counter for Olaf.
While Gnar does have a much lower win rate than Olaf, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gnar into Olafas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Olaf matchups, Olaf 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 late stage team fights.
Gnar is a trash counter to Olaf. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar to counter Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Olaf. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Gnar versus Olaf build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Olaf than with most other common builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 45.8% when countering Olaf with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Olaf as Gnar, Gnar players 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 runes that we analyzed for Gnar vs Olaf clashes, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.8% win rate overall.
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