Gnar with Blitzcrank
How to Synergize Gnar and Blitzcrank
based on 1,477 Gnar with Blitzcrank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gnar Blitzcrank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Gnar with Blitzcrank
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.
Advice to Understand How Blitzcrank Will Play
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.
Gnar Blitzcrank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Blitzcrank as Gnar in LoL
The Gnar Blitzcrank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Blitzcrank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gnar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Blitzcrank. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Blitzcrank helps Gnar perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gnar is an ally to Blitzcrank, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Blitzcrank supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played alongside Blitzcrank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Blitzcrank. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Blitzcrank.
Additionally, when Gnar plays with Blitzcrank on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Blitzcrank does a decent job of covering Gnar in team fights.
Synergies between Gnar and Blitzcrank
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Is Gnar better when played alongside Blitzcrank?
There is no one best champion pairing for Gnar that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Blitzcrank is a pretty good companion for Gnar. By playing on the same side as Gnar, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 49.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a good strategic relationship between Gnar and Blitzcrank that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Blitzcrank has a much lower diffuclty than Gnar. That means Gnar players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Blitzcrank comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Combined, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Although, by aligning Gnar and Blitzcrank together, you may not be giving your other teammates very much AD. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Blitzcrank teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Gnar in order to pair well with Blitzcrank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Gnar and Blitzcrank synergy build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Blitzcrank than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 49.0% when playing alongside Blitzcrank with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Gnar and Blitzcrank pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Blitzcrank with Gnar are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.