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How to Win Volibear vs Gnar Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Gnar

How to Beat Gnar as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gnar as Volibear

based on 935 Volibear vs Gnar matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
1.56
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Volibear faced Gnar in 935 matches. Using so many games with Volibear versus Gnar provides us faith in our capability to provide actionable stats and a solid build to crush your enemy. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Volibear fights Gnar in only 1.2% of his rounds.

Volibear vs Gnar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear does a poor job of countering Gnar. On average, he wins a lowly 47.6% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Volibear vs Gnar rounds, Volibear’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood against Gnar.

Best Volibear vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Spirit VisageFrozen HeartSundered SkyTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Gnar Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Gnar Image
5
< Kills >
5.5
6.8
< Deaths >
5.8
5.6
< Assists >
6.5
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
122
< Minions Killed >
163
0.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.5
10,069
< Physical Damage >
19,120
7,259
< Magic Damage >
3,685
606
< True Damage >
463
17,934
< Damage Dealt >
23,268
33,108
< Damage Taken >
29,471
11,126
< Gold Earned >
11,503
2.36
< Towers >
2.51
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,969
< Total Healing >
6,320
13,849
< Experience >
14,892
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
610
< Time Dealing CC >
421

How to Counter Gnar with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several strategic Volibear vs. Gnar matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the two. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..

Volibear normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Gnar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Gnar

Who is Better, Volibear or Gnar?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when facing off against Gnar, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes a bad counter for Gnar.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Volibear into Gnar.

Furthermore, Volibear also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Gnar matchups, Gnar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Volibear is a terribly counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Gnar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

LilliaLillia42% winrateTeemoTeemo43.9% winrateTaricTaric44% winrateGangplankGangplank44.6% winrate

Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Gnar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gnar as Volibear, we analyzed 935 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Gnar as Volibear comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Volibear Build Gnar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Volibear to counter Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Gnar. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Volibear versus Gnar build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Gnar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Volibear had an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Gnar with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating Gnar as Volibear, Volibear players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Volibear vs Gnar counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gnar as Volibear are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located above.