Gnar vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Gnar
based on 243 Gnar vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Gnar vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Gnar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Gnar versus Nidalee counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between this set of champions. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nidalee..
Gnar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Gnar or Nidalee?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 55.1% win rate. Therefore, Gnar makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Gnar does have a much higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Gnar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Gnar into Nidaleeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Nidalee matchups, Gnar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gnar is a great counter to Nidalee. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar in order to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar typically accumulates much more CS relative to Nidalee. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Gnar versus Nidalee build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Nidalee than with many other common builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 55.1% when playing against Nidalee with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Nidalee 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. Of all the runes players chose for Gnar vs Nidalee counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 55.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nidalee as Gnar are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.