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How to Win Gnar vs Pantheon Counter MatchupGnar is in the a tier of champions

Gnar vs Pantheon

How to Beat Pantheon as Gnar in LoLGnar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Pantheon as Gnar

based on 1,785 Gnar vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
1.88
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Pantheon as Gnar came out of an analysis of 1785 ranked matches where both champs opposed each other. This champ matchup is relatively uncommon. Gnar has to counter Pantheon in only 4.5% of his rounds.

Gnar vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gnar does a awful job of countering Pantheon. On average, he wins a lowly 46.9% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Gnar versus Pantheon matches, Gnar’s team is 0.2% less likely to earn first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood against Pantheon.

Best Gnar vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

HullbreakerSterak's GageSundered SkyThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gnar to level upq
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Second ability for Gnar to level upw
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Last skill for Gnar to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Gnar's passive ability p
Gnar's q ability q
Gnar's w ability w
Gnar's e ability e
Gnar's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Gnar

Tips for Playing as Gnar against Pantheon

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 Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Gnar vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Pantheon Image
5.5
< Kills >
7.5
6.4
< Deaths >
7.1
6.5
< Assists >
7.3
1.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
164
< Minions Killed >
106
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.42
18,219
< Physical Damage >
20,089
3,267
< Magic Damage >
791
479
< True Damage >
1,252
21,966
< Damage Dealt >
22,132
30,800
< Damage Taken >
27,094
11,614
< Gold Earned >
11,429
2.39
< Towers >
1.74
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
6,019
< Total Healing >
5,200
15,009
< Experience >
13,142
18
< Vision Score >
30
9
< Wards Placed >
14
427
< Time Dealing CC >
70

How to Counter Pantheon with Gnar in LoL

The stats provided here show some influential Gnar against Pantheon matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between this set of champions. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pantheon’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Pantheon..

Gnar often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Pantheon. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gnar and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gnar
Pantheon

Who is Better, Gnar or Pantheon?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually loses when facing off against Pantheon, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes a poor counter to Pantheon.

While Gnar does have a lower win rate compared to Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gnar into Pantheonas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Gnar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Pantheon matchups, Pantheon is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Gnar is a trash counter for Pantheon. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Pantheon.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar vs Pantheon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Gnar, we analyzed 1,785 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Pantheon as Gnar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Pantheon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gnar often gets more CS as Pantheon. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to use in your Gnar versus Pantheon build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Gnar combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Pantheon than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 46.9% when countering Pantheon with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Pantheon as Gnar, Gnar players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Gnar vs Pantheon face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Gnar are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.