Fizz vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Fizz
based on 2,033 Fizz vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fizz vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Fizz vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Fizz
Tips for Playing as Fizz against Gnar
Fizz's spells scale off Ability Power - consider getting items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil against teams that have high burst threat - and items like Lich Bane or Rabadon's Deathcap if you think you can survive without the Health.
Since Fizz can move through units, find opportunities in lane to walk through minions and apply Seastone Trident's passive - following it up with the ability's active attack after a few seconds.
Fizz's ultimate ability, Chum the Waters, can be aimed at an enemy or towards the area where you think they'll be going.
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.
Fizz vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Fizz in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several critical Fizz vs. Gnar counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Fizz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Fizz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gnar. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Fizz normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Gnar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Fizz and Gnar
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Who is Better, Fizz or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Fizz usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 55.0% win rate. As a result, Fizz makes a great counter to Gnar.
While Fizz does have a much higher win rate than Gnar, when on opposite teams, Fizz also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Fizz into Gnar.
Additionally, Fizz also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Fizz vs Gnar matchups, Fizz is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Fizz is a great counter for Gnar. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Fizz against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Fizz to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fizz usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gnar. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Fizz versus Gnar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Fizz included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Gnar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Fizz had an average winrate of 55.0% when playing against Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Gnar as Fizz, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Fizz vs Gnar battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 55.0% win rate overall.
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