Galio vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Galio
based on 1,053 Galio vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Gnar
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Galio versus Gnar matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gnar..
Galio typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Gnar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Galio and Gnar
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Who is Better, Galio or Gnar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when taking on Gnar, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Galio makes an ok counter to Gnar.
While Galio does have a lower winrate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Galio also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Galio into Gnar.
Furthermore, Galio has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Galio vs Gnar matchups, Gnar 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 team fights.
Galio is a somewhat poor counter to Gnar. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Galio against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Galio 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 suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gnar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Galio versus Gnar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Gnar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Gnar as Galio, Galio players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Galio vs Gnar clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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