Gnar vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Gnar
based on 834 Gnar vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Gnar vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Gnar versus Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz..
Gnar normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Gnar or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually loses when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes a poor counter for Vel'Koz.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gnar into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gnar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gnar is a trash counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar most often racks up more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Vel'Koz build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Vel'Koz than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Vel'Koz 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 rune sets that we analyzed for Gnar vs Vel'Koz clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.
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