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How to Win Warwick vs Gnar Counter MatchupWarwick is in the a tier of champions

Warwick vs Gnar

How to Beat Gnar as Warwick in LoLWarwick is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gnar as Warwick

based on 1,646 Warwick vs Gnar matchups
Win Rate
53.1 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Gnar as Warwick resulted from an evaluation of 1646 ranked games where both champs faced each other. This pairing is relatively rare. Warwick is forced to battle against Gnar in only 1.0% of his games.

Warwick vs Gnar Matchup Summary

Warwick has done a good job of countering Gnar. Typically, he wins a terrific 53.1% of games the champs face one another in. In Warwick against Gnar matches, Warwick’s side is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Gnar.

Best Warwick vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalTiamat

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Trinity ForceJak'Sho, The ProteanBlade of The Ruined KingExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Gnar as Warwick

Tips for Playing as Warwick against Gnar

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick vs Gnar Counter Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
53.1 %
VS
Win Rate
46.9 %
Gnar Image
7.4
< Kills >
5.3
6.9
< Deaths >
6.3
7.1
< Assists >
6.4
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.17
45
< Minions Killed >
158
1.43
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.45
7,248
< Physical Damage >
18,503
8,794
< Magic Damage >
3,457
834
< True Damage >
490
16,877
< Damage Dealt >
22,451
40,068
< Damage Taken >
29,292
11,604
< Gold Earned >
11,280
1.35
< Towers >
2.34
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
21,707
< Total Healing >
5,762
13,154
< Experience >
14,572
19
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
9
296
< Time Dealing CC >
418

How to Counter Gnar with Warwick in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Warwick versus Gnar counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..

Warwick typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Gnar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Warwick and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Warwick
Gnar

Who is Better, Warwick or Gnar?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually wins when facing off against Gnar, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Warwick makes a great counter for Gnar.

While Warwick does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when facing one another, Warwick also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Warwick into Gnar.

Furthermore, Warwick also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Gnar matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Warwick is a great counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Gnar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Warwick

Warwick Loses Against

TaricTaric44.4% winrateLilliaLillia44.5% winrateLeonaLeona44.7% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.1% winrate

Warwick Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.1% winrateGwenGwen54.7% winrateZoeZoe54.6% winrateLee SinLee Sin54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZyraZyra+ 52.9% 7132 GamesZacZac+ 53.1% 1414 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.3% 2543 GamesIvernIvern+ 54.6% 522 Games

Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick vs Gnar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gnar as Warwick, we analyzed 1,646 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 Warwick 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

Warwick Build Gnar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Warwick to counter Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Warwick on average gets a lot less CS compared to Gnar. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Warwick versus Gnar build consist of Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Gnar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Warwick had an average winrate of 53.1% when countering Gnar with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Gnar as Warwick, Warwick players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Warwick vs Gnar LoL games, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.1% winrate overall.

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