Xayah vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Xayah
based on 603 Xayah vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Gnar Counter Build
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Core Xayah Items
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Gnar
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Xayah in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some significant Xayah against Gnar counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gnar..
Xayah typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Gnar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Gnar
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Who is Better, Xayah or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when facing off against Gnar, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a poor counter for Gnar.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Gnar, when facing one another, Xayah also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Xayah into Gnar.
Moreover, Xayah also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Gnar matchups, Gnar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Xayah is a terribly counter to Gnar. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Gnar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Gnar Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gnar. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Gnar build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Gnar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Gnar with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Gnar as Xayah, Xayah players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Xayah vs Gnar counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.
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