Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
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 some valuable Vayne vs. Gnar counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gnar..
Vayne normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Gnar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vayne usually wins when trying to fight Gnar, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Vayne makes a good counter for Gnar.
While Vayne does have a higher winrate than Gnar, when they face off with one another, Vayne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vayne into Gnaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vayne also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Gnar matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vayne is an above average counter to Gnar. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vayne against Gnar.
If you would like to truly master Vayne to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vayne on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Gnar. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vayne versus Gnar build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Vayne incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Gnar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vayne boasted an average win rate of 52.8% battling Gnar with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Gnar as Vayne, Vayne players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Vayne vs Gnar fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
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