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Gnar vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Gnar in LoLGnar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taliyah as Gnar

based on 411 Gnar vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
1.83
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Taliyah as Gnar came out of an evaluation of 411 ranked rounds where both champs battled each other. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Gnar is forced to battle against Taliyah in only 1.0% of his matches.

Gnar vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Gnar has done a decent job of beating Taliyah. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.8% of games the champions battle one another in. In Gnar vs Taliyah rounds, Gnar’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Gnar vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTrinity Force

Optional Items

Sundered SkyJak'Sho, The ProteanStridebreaker

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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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Gnar

Tips for Playing as Gnar against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Gnar vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Taliyah Image
5.1
< Kills >
6.3
6
< Deaths >
6.7
5.9
< Assists >
8.8
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
178
< Minions Killed >
125
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.6
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.37
18,153
< Physical Damage >
774
3,486
< Magic Damage >
21,794
483
< True Damage >
1,145
22,122
< Damage Dealt >
23,713
30,404
< Damage Taken >
22,337
11,840
< Gold Earned >
12,401
2.51
< Towers >
1.57
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
6,258
< Total Healing >
4,672
15,505
< Experience >
14,629
19
< Vision Score >
24
9
< Wards Placed >
9
441
< Time Dealing CC >
573

How to Counter Taliyah with Gnar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Gnar against Taliyah counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taliyah..

Gnar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Taliyah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gnar and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gnar
Taliyah

Who is Better, Gnar or Taliyah?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually wins when facing off against Taliyah, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a good counter for Taliyah.

While Gnar does have a higher winrate than Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gnar into Taliyahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Gnar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Gnar is a decent counter to Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Gnar, we analyzed 411 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 Taliyah 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 truly master Gnar to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gnar typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Taliyah. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Gnar versus Taliyah build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Taliyah than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when countering Taliyah with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of crushing Taliyah 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. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gnar vs Taliyah clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.

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