Gnar vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Gnar
based on 2,730 Gnar vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Gnar vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several critical Gnar versus Yasuo counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo..
Gnar usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Gnar or Yasuo?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually loses when facing off against Yasuo, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes a bad counter to Yasuo.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate than Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gnar into Yasuoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Gnar is a bad counter to Yasuo. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar to counter Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Yasuo. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Gnar versus Yasuo build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Yasuo than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 46.8% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Yasuo as Gnar, Gnar players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Gnar vs Yasuo counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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