Gnar vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Gnar
based on 733 Gnar vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Gnar vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several valuable Gnar versus Gwen matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..
Gnar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Gwen
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Who is Better, Gnar or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gnar usually wins when playing against Gwen, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a good counter for Gwen.
While Gnar does have a higher win rate than Gwen, when facing one another, Gnar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Gnar into Gwenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Gwen matchups, Gnar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gnar is an above average counter for Gwen. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar in order to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar typically gets a similar amount of CS as Gwen. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Gnar versus Gwen build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Gwen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Gwen with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Gwen 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 runes players picked for Gnar vs Gwen counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gwen as Gnar are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.