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Rengar vs Gnar

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How to Beat Gnar as Rengar

based on 1,360 Rengar vs Gnar matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League games every week. Within our database, Rengar did battle with Gnar 1360 times. With so many matchups for Rengar vs Gnar provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide actionable stats and a solid build to obliterate your opposition. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Rengar encounters Gnar in only 1.0% of his games.

Rengar vs Gnar Matchup Summary

Rengar has done a good job of countering Gnar. Normally, he wins a terrific 52.9% of matches the champions face one another in. In Rengar vs Gnar games, Rengar’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood versus Gnar.

Best Rengar vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordThe Brutalizer

Core Rengar Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightHubrisOpportunity

Optional Items

Axiom ArcSerylda's GrudgeProfane HydraYoumuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rengar to level upq
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Second ability for Rengar to level upe
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Last skill for Rengar to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Rengar's passive ability p
Rengar's q ability q
Rengar's w ability w
Rengar's e ability e
Rengar's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Rengar

Tips for Playing as Rengar against Gnar

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

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.

Rengar vs Gnar Counter Stats

Rengar Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Gnar Image
8.4
< Kills >
5.5
7.1
< Deaths >
5.9
6.3
< Assists >
6
1.91
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
42
< Minions Killed >
171
1.28
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.49
18,379
< Physical Damage >
18,810
1,315
< Magic Damage >
3,410
1,128
< True Damage >
443
20,822
< Damage Dealt >
22,663
34,197
< Damage Taken >
29,757
13,151
< Gold Earned >
11,695
1.38
< Towers >
2.49
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
16,277
< Total Healing >
6,126
14,243
< Experience >
15,110
21
< Vision Score >
18
5
< Wards Placed >
9
233
< Time Dealing CC >
424

How to Counter Gnar with Rengar in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some influential Rengar versus Gnar matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between this set of champs. Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gnar..

Rengar normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Gnar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rengar and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Rengar
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rengar
Gnar

Who is Better, Rengar or Gnar?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rengar usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 52.9% win rate. Thus, Rengar makes a good counter to Gnar.

While Rengar does have a higher winrate than Gnar, when facing one another, Rengar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rengar into Gnaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Rengar has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Rengar vs Gnar matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Rengar is an above average counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rengar against Gnar.

Additional Information for Rengar Players

How We Calculated Our Rengar vs Gnar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gnar as Rengar, we analyzed 1,360 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Gnar as Rengar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rengar to counter Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rengar usually gets a lot less CS as Gnar. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Rengar versus Gnar build include Edge of Night, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Rengar included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Gnar than with most other common builds. In fact, Rengar boasted an average winrate of 52.9% when countering Gnar with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Gnar as Rengar, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Rengar vs Gnar counters, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gnar as Rengar are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.