Nasus vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Nasus
based on 1,281 Nasus vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Gnar
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some influential Nasus versus Gnar matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..
Nasus typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Gnar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Gnar
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Who is Better, Nasus or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when taking on Gnar, with a 53.6% win rate. Therefore, Nasus makes a great counter for Gnar.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nasus into Gnar.
Furthermore, Nasus also has only a small 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 Nasus vs Gnar matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nasus is a great counter for Gnar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gnar. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Nasus versus Gnar build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Gnar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 53.6% battling Gnar with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Gnar as Nasus, Nasus players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Nasus vs Gnar face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.6% win rate overall.
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