Maokai vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Maokai
based on 1,555 Maokai vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Gnar
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Maokai vs. Gnar matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gnar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Gnar
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Who is Better, Maokai or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 55.4% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a fantastic counter for Gnar.
While Maokai does have a much higher win rate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Gnar.
Moreover, Maokai also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Gnar matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Maokai is a great counter for Gnar. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Gnar during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Gnar. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Maokai versus Gnar build consist of Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Gnar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 55.4% when playing against Gnar with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Gnar as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Maokai vs Gnar clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 55.4% win rate overall.
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