Gnar vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Gnar
based on 2,033 Gnar vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Aatrox
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 Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Gnar vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here feature several significant Gnar vs. Aatrox counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aatrox..
Gnar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Gnar or Aatrox?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when trying to fight Aatrox, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes a bad counter for Aatrox.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Gnar into Aatroxas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gnar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gnar is a garbage counter to Aatrox. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Aatrox during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar often racks up a similar amount of CS as Aatrox. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Gnar versus Aatrox build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Aatrox than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 47.3% battling Aatrox with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Aatrox as Gnar, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Gnar vs Aatrox fights, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.
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