Gnar with Kayn
How to Synergize Gnar and Kayn
based on 1,726 Gnar with Kayn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gnar Kayn Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Kayn
Tips for Playing as Gnar with Kayn
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 Kayn Will Play
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Gnar Kayn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayn as Gnar in LoL
The Gnar Kayn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayn, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kayn. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kayn helps Gnar perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gnar tries to synergize with Kayn, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Kayn helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played with Kayn on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kayn.
Moreover, when Gnar plays with Kayn on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Kayn does a poor job of protecting Gnar in teamfights.
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Is Gnar better when played alongside Kayn?
There is no perfect companion for Gnar that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Kayn is a very typical teammate for Gnar. By playing on the same side as Gnar, he lowers their win rate by -1.0% to 47.0%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Gnar and Kayn that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Kayn has a lower difficulty than Gnar. That means Gnar players don't need to be careful when finding Kayn allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Gnar and Kayn together, you may not be providing your team enough magical damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kayn teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gnar to work well with Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to have in your Gnar and Kayn synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Kayn than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 47.0% helping carry Kayn with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Gnar players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Gnar and Kayn pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.0% winrate overall.
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