Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.
The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!
Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.
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.
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Kled against Gnar counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Kled’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kled may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gnar..
Kled normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Gnar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kled usually wins when trying to fight Gnar, with a 55.0% win rate. As a result, Kled makes a great counter for Gnar.
While Kled does have a much higher winrate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Kled also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kled into Gnaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kled also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kled vs Gnar matchups, Kled is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kled is a great counter for Gnar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kled against Gnar.
To truly master Kled to counter Gnar 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kled most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Gnar. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities 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 do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kled versus Gnar build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Kled bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Gnar than with many other common builds. In fact, Kled boasted an average winrate of 55.0% battling Gnar with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Gnar as Kled, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kled vs Gnar clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 55.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gnar as Kled are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.