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How to Synergize Gnar and K'Sante

based on 65 Gnar with K'Sante pairs
Win Rate
56.9 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
0.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Gnar has fought alongside K'Sante in 65 recent, ranked matches. By pooling so much relevant data from the publishers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Gnar play with K'Sante. It is very rare for Gnar to play with K'Sante on the same team. This has only occurred in about 0.2% of rounds with Gnar.

Gnar K'Sante Synergy Summary

Gnar has done a great job of synergizing with K'Sante. Usually, he wins an epic 56.9% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Gnar when fighting on the same team as K'Sante by learning how to better synergize your strategy with them, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gnar vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHearthbound Axe

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateForce of Nature

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Gnar's passive ability p
Gnar's q ability q
Gnar's w ability w
Gnar's e ability e
Gnar's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and K'Sante

Tips for Playing as Gnar with K'Sante

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 K'Sante Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Gnar K'Sante Synergy Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
56.9 %
VS
Win Rate
43.1 %
K'Sante Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.2
5.4
< Deaths >
5.9
5.9
< Assists >
6.1
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
148
< Minions Killed >
167
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.48
16,982
< Physical Damage >
18,194
3,040
< Magic Damage >
3,434
536
< True Damage >
477
20,559
< Damage Dealt >
22,106
27,044
< Damage Taken >
29,737
10,901
< Gold Earned >
11,451
2.43
< Towers >
2.4
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,282
< Total Healing >
6,111
13,693
< Experience >
14,919
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
409
< Time Dealing CC >
422

How to Play with K'Sante as Gnar in LoL

The Gnar K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 K'Sante. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that K'Sante helps Gnar perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Gnar is paired with K'Sante, he observes a small decrease in his total damage output. This change could indicate that K'Sante does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played alongside K'Sante on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside K'Sante.

Moreover, when Gnar plays with K'Sante on the same side, he often takes less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that K'Sante does a decent job of protecting Gnar during teamfights.

Synergies between Gnar and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gnar
K'Sante

Is Gnar better when played alongside K'Sante?

There is no top companion for Gnar that will always be his best synergy. However, overall, K'Sante is a fantastic teammate for Gnar. By playing on the same side as Gnar, they increases their win rate by 8.9% to 56.9%. This shows that there is an important strategic relationship between Gnar and K'Sante that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

K'Sante has a greater difficulty than Gnar. That means Gnar players need to be cautious when finding K'Sante teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by bringing Gnar and K'Sante together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your K'Sante teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar K'Sante Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gnar and K'Sante, we analyzed 65 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Gnar with K'Sante comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar in order to pair well with K'Sante during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to use in your Gnar and K'Sante synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Gnar used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside K'Sante than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 56.9% helping carry K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 56.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair K'Sante with Gnar are given for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.