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Gnar vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Gnar in LoLGnar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Gnar

based on 1,404 Gnar vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our database, Gnar engaged Sylas 1404 times. With so many matchups for Gnar versus Sylas gives us confidence in our ability to produce enlightening stats and a pro build to destroy Sylas. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Gnar has to counter Sylas in only 3.5% of his matches.

Gnar vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gnar does a dismal job of countering Sylas. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Gnar vs Sylas matches, Gnar’s team is 0.2% less expected to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood against Sylas.

Best Gnar vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Force of NatureSterak's GageThornmailSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gnar to level upq
>
Second ability for Gnar to level upw
>
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
E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Gnar

Tips for Playing as Gnar against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Gnar vs Sylas Counter Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Sylas Image
5.1
< Kills >
7.9
6
< Deaths >
7.2
6.3
< Assists >
6.6
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
166
< Minions Killed >
124
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.39
18,211
< Physical Damage >
1,258
3,440
< Magic Damage >
20,399
421
< True Damage >
684
22,072
< Damage Dealt >
22,342
28,835
< Damage Taken >
30,393
11,263
< Gold Earned >
11,350
2.4
< Towers >
1.55
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,701
< Total Healing >
7,790
14,688
< Experience >
13,572
18
< Vision Score >
20
9
< Wards Placed >
9
409
< Time Dealing CC >
285

How to Counter Sylas with Gnar in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some influential Gnar versus Sylas counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..

Gnar typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sylas. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gnar and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gnar
Sylas

Who is Better, Gnar or Sylas?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually loses when facing off against Sylas, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes a bad counter to Sylas.

While Gnar does have a lower win rate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Gnar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gnar into Sylasas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Gnar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Gnar is a somewhat poor counter to Sylas. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gnar

Gnar Loses Against

RammusRammus42.8% winrateDr. MundoDr. Mundo44.2% winrateNilahNilah44.5% winrateMaokaiMaokai44.6% winrate

Gnar Wins Against

ZeriZeri55.8% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.1% winrateKalistaKalista53.8% winrateKarthusKarthus53.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Gnar, we analyzed 1,404 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 Sylas 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gnar usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Sylas. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Sylas build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Sylas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Sylas with this build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Sylas as Gnar, you 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 rune sets we have analyed for Gnar vs Sylas LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.

If you want to see Gnar x Sylas tips and counter builds for a a specific skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies displayed are calculated using all games completed with these champions.