Gnar vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Gnar
based on 1,521 Gnar vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Gnar vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Gnar vs. Blitzcrank matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Gnar usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Blitzcrank. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Gnar or Blitzcrank?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when taking on Blitzcrank, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a poor counter for Blitzcrank.
While Gnar does have a much lower winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Gnar into Blitzcrankas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gnar is a bad counter to Blitzcrank. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar to counter Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar on average accumulates much more CS relative to Blitzcrank. 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 properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Gnar versus Blitzcrank build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Blitzcrank than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 45.8% battling Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Blitzcrank as Gnar, Gnar players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Gnar vs Blitzcrank LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.8% winrate overall.
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