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Gnar vs Rammus

How to Beat Rammus as Gnar in LoLGnar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rammus as Gnar

based on 676 Gnar vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
42.8 %
K/D/A
1.85
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Rammus as Gnar came out of an examination of 676 ranked rounds where both champions faced one another. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Gnar has to counter Rammus in only 1.7% of his rounds.

Gnar vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gnar does a pathetic job of beating Rammus. Normally, he wins a lowly 42.8% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Gnar against Rammus games, Gnar’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Rammus.

Best Gnar vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalLong Sword

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTrinity Force

Optional Items

StridebreakerSundered SkyHullbreakerForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gnar to level upq
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Second ability for Gnar to level upw
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Last skill for Gnar to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Gnar's passive ability p
Gnar's q ability q
Gnar's w ability w
Gnar's e ability e
Gnar's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Gnar

Tips for Playing as Gnar against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Gnar vs Rammus Counter Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
42.8 %
VS
Win Rate
57.2 %
Rammus Image
4.9
< Kills >
4.5
6
< Deaths >
5.4
6.2
< Assists >
11.3
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.05
166
< Minions Killed >
32
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
1.3
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.41
17,467
< Physical Damage >
2,441
3,756
< Magic Damage >
12,572
529
< True Damage >
772
21,752
< Damage Dealt >
15,786
30,143
< Damage Taken >
31,442
11,331
< Gold Earned >
10,787
2.26
< Towers >
1.21
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
6,091
< Total Healing >
12,605
14,822
< Experience >
13,112
18
< Vision Score >
20
9
< Wards Placed >
7
431
< Time Dealing CC >
594

How to Counter Rammus with Gnar in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some vital Gnar versus Rammus matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rammus..

Gnar often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Rammus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Gnar and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gnar
Rammus

Who is Better, Gnar or Rammus?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually loses when facing off against Rammus, with a 42.8% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes a bad counter for Rammus.

While Gnar does have a much lower win rate compared to Rammus, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Gnar into Rammusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Gnar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rammus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Gnar is a bad counter to Rammus. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Rammus.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar vs Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Gnar, we analyzed 676 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rammus as Gnar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gnar in order to counter Rammus 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gnar on average accumulates much more CS as Rammus. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling 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 do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Rammus build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Rammus than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Gnar boasted an average win rate of 42.8% when playing against Rammus with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Rammus as Gnar, you should use 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 picked for Gnar vs Rammus face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 42.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rammus as Gnar are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.