Veigar vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Veigar
based on 1,380 Veigar vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Gnar Counter Build
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Early Items
Core Veigar Items
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Gnar
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
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.
Veigar vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Veigar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some critical Veigar vs. Gnar counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..
Veigar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Gnar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Gnar
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Who is Better, Veigar or Gnar?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Veigar makes a good counter to Gnar.
While Veigar does have a higher winrate compared to Gnar, when they face off with one another, Veigar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Veigar into Gnaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Veigar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Gnar matchups, Veigar is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Veigar is a decent counter for Gnar. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Veigar to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Gnar. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Veigar versus Gnar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Stormsurge. When Veigar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Gnar than with most other common builds. In fact, Veigar boasted an average winrate of 51.7% battling Gnar with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Gnar as Veigar, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Veigar vs Gnar clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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