Zyra vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Zyra
based on 1,677 Zyra vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Gnar
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some significant Zyra versus Gnar counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gnar. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zyra normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Gnar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Gnar
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Who is Better, Zyra or Gnar?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Zyra makes a great counter for Gnar.
While Zyra does have a much higher winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Gnaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Gnar matchups, Zyra 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 late stage team fights.
Zyra is a great counter for Gnar. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zyra in order to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra most often gets less CS as Gnar. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Zyra versus Gnar build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Gnar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average winrate of 54.0% when countering Gnar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Gnar as Zyra, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Zyra vs Gnar counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gnar as Zyra are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.