Kayn vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Kayn
based on 1,889 Kayn vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Gnar
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Kayn versus Gnar counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..
Kayn typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Gnar. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Gnar
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Who is Better, Kayn or Gnar?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayn usually wins when facing off against Gnar, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a good counter for Gnar.
While Kayn does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kayn into Gnaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Gnar matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kayn is a good counter to Gnar. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayn to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average gets a lot less CS compared to Gnar. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kayn versus Gnar build include Hubris, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kayn combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Gnar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 52.2% when playing against Gnar with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Gnar as Kayn, Kayn players should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Kayn vs Gnar fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.2% win rate overall.
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