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Gnar with Shyvana

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How to Synergize Gnar and Shyvana

based on 480 Gnar with Shyvana pairs
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
1.7
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Gnar has been on the same team as Shyvana in 480 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the makers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can produce robust, insightful builds to help Gnar synergize with Shyvana. It is very rare for Gnar to play alongside Shyvana as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.2% of rounds with Gnar.

Gnar Shyvana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gnar does a dismal job of synergizing with Shyvana. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.1% of matches the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Gnar when playing with Shyvana by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gnar vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTrinity Force

Optional Items

Sundered SkyStridebreaker

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
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Shyvana

Tips for Playing as Gnar with Shyvana

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 Shyvana Will Play

It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.

Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.

Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.

Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.

Gnar Shyvana Synergy Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Shyvana Image
4.7
< Kills >
5.2
6
< Deaths >
5.9
5.5
< Assists >
6.1
1.02
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
161
< Minions Killed >
167
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.48
16,992
< Physical Damage >
18,194
3,068
< Magic Damage >
3,434
482
< True Damage >
477
20,542
< Damage Dealt >
22,106
28,214
< Damage Taken >
29,737
10,987
< Gold Earned >
11,451
2.2
< Towers >
2.4
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,518
< Total Healing >
6,111
14,500
< Experience >
14,919
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
403
< Time Dealing CC >
422

How to Play with Shyvana as Gnar in LoL

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

When Gnar tries to synergize with Shyvana, he gets a measurable drop in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Shyvana does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played with Shyvana on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Shyvana.

Moreover, when Gnar plays with Shyvana on the same team, he usually receives less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Shyvana does a decent job of protecting Gnar during teamfights.

Synergies between Gnar and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gnar
Shyvana

Is Gnar better when played alongside Shyvana?

There is no ideal ally for Gnar that will no matter what be his top ally. However, overall, Shyvana is a very typical companion for Gnar. By being on the same team as Gnar, she decreases their win rate by -0.9% to 47.1%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Gnar and Shyvana that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

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

When playing alongside, Gnar players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by grouping Gnar and Shyvana together, you may not be giving your other allies much utility. Make sure to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Shyvana ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar Shyvana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gnar and Shyvana, we analyzed 480 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 Shyvana 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

If you would like to truly master Gnar to pair well with Shyvana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to use in your Gnar and Shyvana synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Shyvana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 47.1% when playing alongside Shyvana with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip 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 players chose for Gnar and Shyvana pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.1% win rate overall.

If you need to view Gnar with Shyvana collaboration tips and stats for a a particular division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and tips and suggestions displayed are computed using all games with data with both champions.