Gnar vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Gnar
based on 2,195 Gnar vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Gnar vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Gnar versus Vayne counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vayne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vayne..
Gnar normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Vayne. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Vayne
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Who is Better, Gnar or Vayne?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when facing off against Vayne, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a poor counter to Vayne.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate compared to Vayne, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gnar into Vayneas 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vayne. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Gnar is a garbage counter for Vayne. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Vayne 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Vayne. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Gnar versus Vayne build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Vayne than with most other common builds. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 47.2% when countering Vayne with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Vayne as Gnar, Gnar players 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 combinations we have analyed for Gnar vs Vayne matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.
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