Gnar vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Gnar
based on 1,621 Gnar vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Gnar vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here show some important Gnar versus Xerath matchup stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xerath..
Gnar typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Xerath
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Who is Better, Gnar or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually loses when playing against Xerath, with a 46.3% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate than Xerath, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Gnar into Xerathas 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 Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Gnar is a bad counter for Xerath. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar most often accumulates more CS relative to Xerath. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Gnar versus Xerath build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Xerath than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 46.3% when countering Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Xerath 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 sets players used for Gnar vs Xerath clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.3% winrate overall.
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