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Gnar with Galio

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How to Synergize Gnar and Galio

based on 952 Gnar with Galio pairs
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Gnar has gone into battle with Galio in 952 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much accurate data from the creators of League, we are confident that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Gnar synergize with Galio. It is relatively rare for Gnar to play alongside Galio as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 2.4% of games with Gnar.

Gnar Galio Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gnar does a poor job of synergizing with Galio. Usually, he wins an acceptable 48.7% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Gnar when playing alongside Galio by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gnar vs Galio Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPhage

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceSundered Sky

Optional Items

HullbreakerJak'Sho, The ProteanSterak's GageForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Galio

Tips for Playing as Gnar with Galio

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 Galio Will Play

You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.

You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.

You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.

Gnar Galio Synergy Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Galio Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.2
5.7
< Deaths >
5.9
6.5
< Assists >
6.1
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
170
< Minions Killed >
167
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,732
< Physical Damage >
18,194
3,575
< Magic Damage >
3,434
488
< True Damage >
477
22,796
< Damage Dealt >
22,106
29,853
< Damage Taken >
29,737
11,724
< Gold Earned >
11,451
2.54
< Towers >
2.4
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,347
< Total Healing >
6,111
15,137
< Experience >
14,919
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
432
< Time Dealing CC >
422

How to Play with Galio as Gnar in LoL

The Gnar Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Galio helps Gnar perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Gnar tries to synergize with Galio, he gets a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This may signal that Galio provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played with Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Galio.

Additionally, when Gnar plays with Galio on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Galio does a poor job of covering Gnar in team fights.

Synergies between Gnar and Galio

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Galio
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gnar
Galio

Is Gnar better when played alongside Galio?

There is no perfect ally for Gnar that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, Galio is a very typical ally for Gnar. By being on the same side as Gnar, he increases their win rate by 0.7% to 48.7%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Gnar and Galio that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Galio has a much lower diffuclty than Gnar. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Galio comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Combined, these two will be a great protective duo.

Conversely, by aligning Gnar and Galio together, you probably will not be giving your team very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Galio ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar Galio Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gnar and Galio, we analyzed 952 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 Galio 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

To truly master Gnar to synergize with Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to build first in your Gnar and Galio synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Gnar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Galio than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 48.7% helping carry Galio with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Gnar and Galio pairings, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.

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