Yasuo vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Yasuo
based on 2,730 Yasuo vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Gnar
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several vital Yasuo versus Gnar counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gnar..
Yasuo typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Gnar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Gnar
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Gnar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes a great counter to Gnar.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yasuo into Gnaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Gnar matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Yasuo is a great counter to Gnar. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gnar. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Yasuo versus Gnar build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Gnar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 53.2% when countering Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Gnar as Yasuo, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Yasuo vs Gnar counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% winrate overall.
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