Blitzcrank vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Blitzcrank
based on 1,521 Blitzcrank vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Gnar
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Blitzcrank vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Blitzcrank versus Gnar counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gnar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Gnar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Gnar
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when trying to fight Gnar, with a 54.2% win rate. Therefore, Blitzcrank makes a great counter for Gnar.
While Blitzcrank does have a much higher winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Blitzcrank into Gnar.
Moreover, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Gnar matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a great counter for Gnar. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank in order to counter Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank most often gets a lot less CS relative to Gnar. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Blitzcrank versus Gnar build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Gnar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average win rate of 54.2% battling Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Gnar as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Blitzcrank vs Gnar counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gnar as Blitzcrank are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.