Kalista vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Kalista
based on 368 Kalista vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Gnar
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some vital Kalista versus Gnar counter stats that can help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gnar. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Kalista often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Gnar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Gnar
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Who is Better, Kalista or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Gnar, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a poor counter to Gnar.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kalista into Gnaras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Gnar matchups, Gnar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kalista is a bad counter for Gnar. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Gnar.
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How We Calculated Our Kalista vs Gnar Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Gnar during both the laning 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 tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Gnar. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Kalista versus Gnar build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Gnar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 46.2% when countering Gnar with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Gnar as Kalista, Kalista players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kalista vs Gnar clashes, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.2% winrate overall.
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