Gnar with Jarvan IV
How to Synergize Gnar and Jarvan IV
based on 519 Gnar with Jarvan IV pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gnar Jarvan IV Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Gnar with Jarvan IV
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Advice to Understand How Jarvan IV Will Play
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Gnar Jarvan IV Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jarvan IV as Gnar in LoL
The Gnar Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gnar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Jarvan IV. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Jarvan IV helps Gnar perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gnar plays on the same team as Jarvan IV, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This change could signal that Jarvan IV doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played together with Jarvan IV on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Jarvan IV.
Moreover, when Gnar plays with Jarvan IV on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Jarvan IV does a decent job of covering Gnar in team fights.
Synergies between Gnar and Jarvan IV
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Is Gnar better when played alongside Jarvan IV?
There is no one best ally for Gnar that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, Jarvan IV is a terrible companion for Gnar. By playing on the same team as Gnar, he decreases their win rate by -4.5% to 43.5%. This signals that there is a very bad bond between Gnar and Jarvan IV that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Jarvan IV has a much lower diffuclty than Gnar. That means Gnar players don't need to be careful when arranging Jarvan IV teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by pairing Gnar and Jarvan IV together, you may not be giving your side much AP. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Jarvan IV teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to pair well with Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Gnar and Jarvan IV synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Jarvan IV than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 43.5% helping carry Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Gnar and Jarvan IV pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.5% win rate overall.
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