Gnar vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Gnar
based on 538 Gnar vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Gnar vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several strategic Gnar vs. Viktor counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Viktor..
Gnar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Viktor. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Viktor
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Who is Better, Gnar or Viktor?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when taking on Viktor, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes a poor counter for Viktor.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate than Viktor, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Viktoras 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter to Viktor. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Viktor during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar typically gets a similar amount of CS as Viktor. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Gnar versus Viktor build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Viktor than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Viktor with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Viktor as Gnar, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Gnar vs Viktor face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.
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