Vel'Koz vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Vel'Koz
based on 834 Vel'Koz vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Gnar
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some strategic Vel'Koz against Gnar counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..
Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Gnar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Gnar
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Gnar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Gnar, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a good counter to Gnar.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vel'Koz into Gnaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Gnar matchups, Vel'Koz 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.
Vel'Koz is an above average counter to Gnar. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average gets less CS compared to Gnar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Gnar build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Gnar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 52.4% when countering Gnar with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Gnar as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Vel'Koz vs Gnar counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.
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