Gnar vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Gnar
based on 1,399 Gnar vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Pyke
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 Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Gnar vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Gnar vs. Pyke matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Pyke..
Gnar typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Pyke
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Who is Better, Gnar or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when taking on Pyke, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes an ok counter for Pyke.
While Gnar does have a lower win rate compared to Pyke, when facing one another, Gnar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gnar into Pykeas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gnar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Pyke matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gnar is a somewhat poor counter to Pyke. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gnar against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar to counter Pyke 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 shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar on average accumulates much more CS relative to Pyke. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Pyke build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Pyke than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 49.5% battling Pyke with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Pyke 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 rune sets players picked for Gnar vs Pyke face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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