Nocturne vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Nocturne
based on 2,083 Nocturne vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Gnar
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Nocturne vs. Gnar counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gnar..
Nocturne usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Gnar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Gnar
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Gnar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Gnar, with a 53.8% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a great counter to Gnar.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Gnar.
Moreover, Nocturne also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Gnar matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nocturne 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 are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nocturne 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually gets a lot less CS compared to Gnar. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Gnar build include Experimental Hexplate, Edge of Night, and Eclipse. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Gnar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average winrate of 53.8% when playing against Gnar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Gnar as Nocturne, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nocturne vs Gnar fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.8% win rate overall.
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