Vi vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Vi
based on 1,170 Vi vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Gnar
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Vi in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Vi against Gnar matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gnar..
Vi typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vi and Gnar
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Who is Better, Vi or Gnar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vi usually wins when taking on Gnar, with a 53.4% win rate. Thus, Vi makes a great counter for Gnar.
While Vi does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Vi also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vi into Gnar.
Moreover, Vi has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vi vs Gnar matchups, Vi is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Vi is a great counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vi against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vi in order to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Gnar. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Vi versus Gnar build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Vi incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Gnar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vi had an average winrate of 53.4% when playing against Gnar with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Gnar as Vi, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Vi vs Gnar LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gnar as Vi are shown for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.