Lissandra vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Lissandra
based on 461 Lissandra vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Gnar
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some important Lissandra versus Gnar counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gnar..
Lissandra typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Gnar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Gnar
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually loses when facing off against Gnar, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes a poor counter to Gnar.
While Lissandra does have a lower win rate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lissandra into Gnar.
Additionally, Lissandra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Gnar matchups, Gnar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter to Gnar. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lissandra against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra to counter Gnar during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra on average gets a similar amount of CS as Gnar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Lissandra versus Gnar build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Gnar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when playing against Gnar with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Gnar as Lissandra, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Lissandra vs Gnar counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
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