Taric vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Taric
based on 419 Taric vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Gnar
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Taric against Gnar counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gnar. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Taric normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Gnar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Gnar
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Who is Better, Taric or Gnar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when taking on Gnar, with a 54.2% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a great counter for Gnar.
While Taric does have a much higher win rate compared to Gnar, when facing one another, Taric also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Gnar.
Moreover, Taric has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Gnar matchups, Taric is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Taric is a great counter for Gnar. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taric in order to counter Gnar during both the early game 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 displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric on average gets a lot less CS compared to Gnar. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Taric versus Gnar build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Gnar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average win rate of 54.2% when playing against Gnar with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Gnar as Taric, you should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Taric vs Gnar counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.2% winrate overall.
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