Gnar vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Gnar
based on 603 Gnar vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Gnar vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some important Gnar versus Xayah counter stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..
Gnar usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Xayah
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Who is Better, Gnar or Xayah?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually wins when taking on Xayah, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a good counter to Xayah.
While Gnar does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when facing one another, Gnar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Gnar into Xayahas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing 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 Xayah matchups, Gnar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gnar is an above average counter for Xayah. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar to counter Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Xayah. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Xayah build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Xayah than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 52.4% battling Xayah with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Xayah 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Gnar vs Xayah battles, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.
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