Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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 show several significant Tryndamere against Gnar counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gnar..
Tryndamere typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Gnar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tryndamere usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gnar, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Tryndamere makes an ok counter for Gnar.
While Tryndamere does have a lower winrate compared to Gnar, when they face off with one another, Tryndamere also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tryndamere into Gnar.
Additionally, Tryndamere has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tryndamere vs Gnar matchups, Gnar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Tryndamere is a somewhat poor counter for Gnar. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tryndamere against Gnar.
To learn all of the intricacies of Tryndamere to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gnar. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Tryndamere versus Gnar build consist of Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Gnar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Tryndamere boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Gnar with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Gnar as Tryndamere, Tryndamere players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Tryndamere vs Gnar face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% winrate overall.
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