Kindred vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Kindred
based on 760 Kindred vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Gnar
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Advice to Win Against Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Kindred vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Kindred versus Gnar matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Gnar..
Kindred typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Gnar
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Who is Better, Kindred or Gnar?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually wins when facing off against Gnar, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a good counter for Gnar.
While Kindred does have a higher winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Gnar.
Moreover, Kindred also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Gnar matchups, Kindred is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kindred is a decent counter to Gnar. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Gnar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kindred
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How We Calculated Our Kindred vs Gnar Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred in order to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on 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.
Kindred typically racks up a lot less CS as Gnar. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities 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 case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kindred versus Gnar build consist of Trinity Force, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better vs Gnar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Gnar with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Gnar as Kindred, you should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Kindred vs Gnar LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% winrate overall.
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