Illaoi vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Illaoi
based on 685 Illaoi vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Gnar Counter Build
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Core Illaoi Items
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Gnar
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
Advice to Win Against Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Illaoi vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Illaoi in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some critical Illaoi against Gnar matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gnar..
Illaoi normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Gnar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Illaoi and Gnar
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gnar, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Illaoi makes an ok counter to Gnar.
While Illaoi does have a higher winrate than Gnar, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Illaoi into Gnar.
Furthermore, Illaoi also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Gnar matchups, Illaoi is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Illaoi is a decent counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Illaoi to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gnar. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 best items to prioritize in your Illaoi versus Gnar build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Gnar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average win rate of 50.8% battling Gnar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Gnar as Illaoi, Illaoi players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Illaoi vs Gnar counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
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