Gnar vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Gnar
based on 473 Gnar vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Gnar vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several valuable Gnar vs. Zilean counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean..
Gnar normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zilean. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gnar and Zilean
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Who is Better, Gnar or Zilean?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gnar usually fairs equally well when playing against Zilean, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Gnar makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Gnar does have a lower winrate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gnar into Zileanas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a similar 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 Zilean. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gnar against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gnar to counter Zilean during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar often picks up more CS as Zilean. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Gnar versus Zilean build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Zilean with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Zilean 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. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Gnar vs Zilean clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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