Gnar with Kalista
How to Synergize Gnar and Kalista
based on 337 Gnar with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gnar Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Gnar vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Gnar with Kalista
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 Kalista Will Play
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Gnar Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Gnar in LoL
The Gnar Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, 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 Kalista. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kalista helps Gnar perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gnar plays on the same team as Kalista, he sees a small decrease in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Kalista does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played with Kalista 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 Kalista.
Moreover, when Gnar plays with Kalista on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Kalista does a decent job of covering Gnar in team fights.
Synergies between Gnar and Kalista
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Is Gnar better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no top champion pairing for Gnar that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, Kalista is a below average companion for Gnar. By playing on the same team as Gnar, she lowers their win rate by -2.3% to 45.7%. This signals that there is a bad strategic relationship between Gnar and Kalista that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kalista has a lower difficulty than Gnar. That means Gnar players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Kalista teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Gnar and Kalista together, you may not be giving your other allies a great deal of support. We recommend you have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Kalista ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will 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 synergize with Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Gnar and Kalista synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Kalista than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 45.7% helping carry Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Gnar players 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 combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.7% win rate overall.
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