Gnar vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Gnar
based on 951 Gnar vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Gnar vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Gnar vs. Soraka matchup stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Gnar typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Soraka. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Soraka
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Who is Better, Gnar or Soraka?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually loses when facing off against Soraka, with a 46.1% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a poor counter to Soraka.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Gnar into Sorakaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gnar is a terribly counter for Soraka. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar often racks up much more CS compared to Soraka. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Gnar versus Soraka build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Soraka than with many other common builds. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 46.1% battling Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Soraka 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 runes players used for Gnar vs Soraka counters, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.1% winrate overall.
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