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 provided here highlight some important Sett vs. Gnar matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gnar..
Sett often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Gnar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sett usually fairs equally well when taking on Gnar, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Sett makes an ok counter to Gnar.
While Sett does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Sett also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sett into Gnar.
Additionally, Sett has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sett vs Gnar matchups, Sett is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Sett is a decent counter for Gnar. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sett against Gnar.
If you would like to truly master Sett in order to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Gnar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Sett versus Gnar build include Titanic Hydra, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Sett bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Gnar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sett had an average winrate of 50.4% battling Gnar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Gnar as Sett, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Sett vs Gnar counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
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