Blitzcrank with Gnar
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Gnar
based on 1,477 Blitzcrank with Gnar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Blitzcrank Gnar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Gnar
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Gnar
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Understand How Gnar Will Play
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Blitzcrank Gnar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gnar as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank Gnar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gnar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Blitzcrank sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gnar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gnar helps Blitzcrank perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Blitzcrank is paired with Gnar, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Gnar provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played alongside Gnar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Gnar.
Additionally, when Blitzcrank plays with Gnar on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Gnar does a poor job of covering Blitzcrank during teamfights.
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Gnar?
There is no ideal companion for Blitzcrank that will always be his top teammate. Yet, Gnar is a not very good teammate for Blitzcrank. By playing on the same side as Blitzcrank, he lowers their win rate by -2.6% to 49.0%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Blitzcrank and Gnar that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Gnar has a much greater difficulty compared to Blitzcrank. That means Blitzcrank players must be cautious when enlisting Gnar allies to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Blitzcrank players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. When paired, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by bringing Blitzcrank and Gnar together, you will not be giving your team a lot of AD. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Gnar ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to work well with Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Blitzcrank and Gnar synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Gnar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Blitzcrank and Gnar pairings, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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