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How to Synergize Gnar and Mordekaiser

based on 492 Gnar with Mordekaiser pairs
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
1.84
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Gnar has fought alongside Mordekaiser in 492 recent, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data directly from the developers of League, we are totally sure that we can give you high-quality, accurate builds to help Gnar play with Mordekaiser. It is very rare for Gnar to play with Mordekaiser as teammates. This has only happened in about 1.2% of rounds with Gnar.

Gnar Mordekaiser Synergy Summary

Gnar does a ok job of synergizing with Mordekaiser. On average, he wins an acceptable 50.0% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Gnar when playing alongside Mordekaiser by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gnar vs Mordekaiser Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalLong Sword

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTrinity Force

Optional Items

StridebreakerSundered SkyBlade of The Ruined King

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: 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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Mordekaiser

Tips for Playing as Gnar with Mordekaiser

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 Mordekaiser Will Play

Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.

Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.

Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

Gnar Mordekaiser Synergy Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Mordekaiser Image
5.3
< Kills >
5.2
6.2
< Deaths >
5.9
6.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.18
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
158
< Minions Killed >
167
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,964
< Physical Damage >
18,194
3,158
< Magic Damage >
3,434
571
< True Damage >
477
21,694
< Damage Dealt >
22,106
29,605
< Damage Taken >
29,737
11,414
< Gold Earned >
11,451
2.34
< Towers >
2.4
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,235
< Total Healing >
6,111
14,729
< Experience >
14,919
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
417
< Time Dealing CC >
422

How to Play with Mordekaiser as Gnar in LoL

The Gnar Mordekaiser synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Mordekaiser, 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 Mordekaiser. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Mordekaiser helps Gnar perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Gnar is paired with Mordekaiser, he observes a small decrease in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Mordekaiser doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played with Mordekaiser on the same side, 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 Mordekaiser.

Additionally, when Gnar plays with Mordekaiser on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Mordekaiser does a decent job of covering Gnar in team fights.

Synergies between Gnar and Mordekaiser

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Mordekaiser
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gnar
Mordekaiser

Is Gnar better when played alongside Mordekaiser?

There is no one best companion for Gnar that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Mordekaiser is a good ally for Gnar. By locking into the same side as Gnar, he increases their win rate by 2.0% to 50.0%. This proves that there is a good bond between Gnar and Mordekaiser that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Mordekaiser has a much lower diffuclty than Gnar. That means Gnar players don't need to be careful when lining up Mordekaiser teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Playing on the same side, Gnar players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by pairing Gnar and Mordekaiser together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a lot of crowd control. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Mordekaiser ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar Mordekaiser Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gnar and Mordekaiser, we analyzed 492 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 Mordekaiser 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 truly master Gnar in order to work well with Mordekaiser during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to include in your Gnar and Mordekaiser synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Mordekaiser than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when playing alongside Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of crushing 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. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Gnar and Mordekaiser pairings, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.

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