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Gnar with Syndra

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How to Synergize Gnar and Syndra

based on 883 Gnar with Syndra pairs
Win Rate
45.1 %
K/D/A
1.83
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Gnar has been on the same team as Syndra in 883 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much accurate data from the makers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Gnar synergize with Syndra. It is relatively rare for Gnar to play with Syndra on the same side. This has only occurred in approx. 2.2% of games with Gnar.

Gnar Syndra Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gnar has done a awful job of teaming up with Syndra. On average, he wins a poor 45.1% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Gnar when fighting on the same team as Syndra by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gnar vs Syndra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageJak'Sho, The ProteanHullbreakerStridebreaker

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

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
8
W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Syndra

Tips for Playing as Gnar with Syndra

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 Syndra Will Play

To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.

After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.

Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.

Gnar Syndra Synergy Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
45.1 %
VS
Win Rate
54.9 %
Syndra Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.2
6
< Deaths >
5.9
5.9
< Assists >
6.1
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
169
< Minions Killed >
167
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,335
< Physical Damage >
18,194
3,366
< Magic Damage >
3,434
450
< True Damage >
477
22,152
< Damage Dealt >
22,106
30,233
< Damage Taken >
29,737
11,504
< Gold Earned >
11,451
2.36
< Towers >
2.4
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,379
< Total Healing >
6,111
15,010
< Experience >
14,919
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
428
< Time Dealing CC >
422

How to Play with Syndra as Gnar in LoL

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

When Gnar plays on the same team as Syndra, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Syndra helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played together with Syndra 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 with Syndra.

Moreover, when Gnar plays with Syndra on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Syndra does a poor job of protecting Gnar during teamfights.

Synergies between Gnar and Syndra

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Syndra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gnar
Syndra

Is Gnar better when played alongside Syndra?

There is no ideal ally for Gnar that will always be his best synergy. Yet, Syndra is a below average companion for Gnar. By playing on the same side as Gnar, she lowers their win rate by -2.9% to 45.1%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Gnar and Syndra that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Syndra has a lower difficulty than Gnar. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Syndra teammates to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing together, Gnar players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by bringing Gnar and Syndra together, you will not be providing your side a great deal of attack damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Syndra teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar Syndra Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gnar and Syndra, we analyzed 883 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 Syndra 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 learn all of the intricacies of Gnar in order to synergize with Syndra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to have in your Gnar and Syndra synergy build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Syndra than with many other common builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 45.1% when playing alongside Syndra with these items in his kit.

To have the best 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. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Gnar and Syndra pairings, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.1% win rate overall.

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