Naafiri vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Naafiri
based on 476 Naafiri vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Gnar
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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.
Naafiri vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several important Naafiri versus Gnar matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Gnar. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Gnar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Gnar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a good counter for Gnar.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Gnar.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Gnar matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gnar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Naafiri versus Gnar build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better against Gnar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 51.1% when countering Gnar with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Gnar as Naafiri, Naafiri players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Naafiri vs Gnar counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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