Gnar vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Gnar
based on 955 Gnar vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Gnar vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several vital Gnar vs. Syndra counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Syndra..
Gnar typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Syndra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Syndra
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Who is Better, Gnar or Syndra?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when playing against Syndra, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes an ok counter to Syndra.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate than Syndra, when facing one another, Gnar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Syndraas his relative depth means that 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 Syndra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Syndra matchups, Syndra is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter for Syndra. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar in order to counter Syndra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Syndra. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Gnar versus Syndra build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Syndra than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Syndra with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Syndra as Gnar, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Gnar vs Syndra counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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