Gnar vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Gnar
based on 560 Gnar vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Gnar vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several significant Gnar against Jarvan IV counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jarvan IV..
Gnar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jarvan IV. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Gnar or Jarvan IV?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually wins when taking on Jarvan IV, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes a good counter to Jarvan IV.
While Gnar does have a higher win rate than Jarvan IV, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Gnar into Jarvan IVas his relative depth means that 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 Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Jarvan IV matchups, Gnar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Gnar is a good counter for Jarvan IV. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar to counter Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar most often gets much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gnar versus Jarvan IV build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Jarvan IV than with most other common builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 52.7% when playing against Jarvan IV with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Jarvan IV 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 combinations players used for Gnar vs Jarvan IV counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.
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