Gnar vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Gnar
based on 1,170 Gnar vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Gnar vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here feature several critical Gnar against Vi matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi..
Gnar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Vi
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Who is Better, Gnar or Vi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually loses when taking on Vi, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes a bad counter to Vi.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate compared to Vi, when facing one another, Gnar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gnar into Vias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Vi matchups, Vi is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gnar is a terribly counter to Vi. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar in order to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar on average racks up much more CS relative to Vi. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Vi build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Vi than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 46.6% battling Vi with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Vi 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. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Gnar vs Vi counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.6% winrate overall.
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