Kassadin vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Kassadin
based on 537 Kassadin vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Gnar
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several influential Kassadin versus Gnar counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gnar..
Kassadin typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kassadin and Gnar
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Gnar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when trying to fight Gnar, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes a good counter to Gnar.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Gnaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Gnar matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kassadin is a decent counter for Gnar. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Gnar. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Kassadin versus Gnar build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Gnar than with most other common builds. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when countering Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Gnar as Kassadin, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Gnar face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.4% winrate overall.
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