Gnar vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Gnar
based on 1,889 Gnar vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Gnar vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here show some important Gnar versus Kayn counter stats that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Gnar normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Kayn
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Who is Better, Gnar or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when trying to fight Kayn, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes a poor counter for Kayn.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate than Kayn, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gnar into Kaynas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gnar is a trash counter to Kayn. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gnar to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar most often gets much more CS relative to Kayn. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Gnar versus Kayn build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Kayn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Kayn with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Kayn 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. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gnar vs Kayn LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.
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