Gnar vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Gnar
based on 1,421 Gnar vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Gnar vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some valuable Gnar versus Darius counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius..
Gnar usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Darius. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Darius
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Who is Better, Gnar or Darius?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when playing against Darius, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes an ok counter for Darius.
While Gnar does have a higher win rate compared to Darius, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Dariusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Gnar is a decent counter for Darius. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Darius during both the laning 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 listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Darius. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Gnar versus Darius build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Darius than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when countering Darius with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Darius as Gnar, you 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 that we analyzed for Gnar vs Darius fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.
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