Gnar vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Gnar
based on 1,092 Gnar vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Gnar vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some strategic Gnar against Nami matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Gnar usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Nami. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Nami
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Who is Better, Gnar or Nami?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually loses when playing against Nami, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a bad counter to Nami.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate than Nami, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Gnar into Namias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Gnar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar on average accumulates much more CS relative to Nami. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Gnar versus Nami build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Nami than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 48.7% battling Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Nami as Gnar, Gnar players should take 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 Nami clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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