Caitlyn vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Caitlyn
based on 4,005 Caitlyn vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Gnar
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Caitlyn versus Gnar counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..
Caitlyn typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Gnar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Gnar
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Gnar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when playing against Gnar, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Gnar.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Gnar.
Furthermore, Caitlyn has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Gnar matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Gnar. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Gnar. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Gnar build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Gnar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Gnar with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Gnar as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Caitlyn vs Gnar matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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