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Gnar with Caitlyn

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How to Synergize Gnar and Caitlyn

based on 3,883 Gnar with Caitlyn pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
1.88
Pick Rate
9.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Gnar has gone into battle with Caitlyn in 3883 recent, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data directly from the makers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Gnar play with Caitlyn. It is common for Gnar to play alongside Caitlyn as allies. This has taken place in about 9.7% of matches with Gnar.

Gnar Caitlyn Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gnar does a poor job of playing alongside Caitlyn. Usually, he wins a lowly 47.0% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Gnar when playing with Caitlyn by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gnar vs Caitlyn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceHullbreaker

Optional Items

Sundered SkyWit's EndSterak's GageJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gnar to level upq
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Second ability for Gnar to level upw
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Last skill for Gnar to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gnar's passive ability p
Gnar's q ability q
Gnar's w ability w
Gnar's e ability e
Gnar's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Caitlyn

Tips for Playing as Gnar with Caitlyn

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 Caitlyn Will Play

Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.

Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.

Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.

Gnar Caitlyn Synergy Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Caitlyn Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.2
5.9
< Deaths >
5.9
6
< Assists >
6.1
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
167
< Minions Killed >
167
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,211
< Physical Damage >
18,194
3,438
< Magic Damage >
3,434
480
< True Damage >
477
22,130
< Damage Dealt >
22,106
30,035
< Damage Taken >
29,737
11,465
< Gold Earned >
11,451
2.34
< Towers >
2.4
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,086
< Total Healing >
6,111
14,964
< Experience >
14,919
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
427
< Time Dealing CC >
422

How to Play with Caitlyn as Gnar in LoL

The Gnar Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Caitlyn helps Gnar perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Gnar is an ally to Caitlyn, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Caitlyn helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played together with Caitlyn on the same team, 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 with Caitlyn.

Moreover, when Gnar plays with Caitlyn on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Caitlyn does a poor job of covering Gnar during teamfights.

Synergies between Gnar and Caitlyn

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Caitlyn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gnar
Caitlyn

Is Gnar better when played alongside Caitlyn?

There is no ideal synergy for Gnar that will always be his top teammate. However, overall, Caitlyn is a very typical teammate for Gnar. By locking into the same team as Gnar, she decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 47.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Gnar and Caitlyn that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Caitlyn has a lower difficulty than Gnar. That means Gnar players don't need to be cautious when finding Caitlyn allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting together, Gnar players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by grouping Gnar and Caitlyn together, you may not be providing your side a lot of AP. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their potential.

Regardless of your Caitlyn ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar Caitlyn Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gnar and Caitlyn, we analyzed 3,883 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Gnar with Caitlyn comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gnar in order to pair well with Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to use in your Gnar and Caitlyn synergy build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Hullbreaker. When Gnar combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Caitlyn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gnar had an average winrate of 47.0% helping carry Caitlyn with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating 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. Of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.

If you need to see Gnar and Caitlyn collaboration tips and stats for a an individual division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and tips and suggestions shown are computed using every match completed with both champions.