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Gnar with Ryze

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How to Synergize Gnar and Ryze

based on 330 Gnar with Ryze pairs
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
1.87
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Gnar has fought alongside Ryze in 330 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much accurate data from the makers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Gnar play with Ryze. It is very rare for Gnar to play alongside Ryze as teammates. This has only happened in approximately 0.8% of games with Gnar.

Gnar Ryze Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gnar has done a poor job of fighting on the same side as Ryze. Normally, he wins a poor 47.9% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Gnar when playing alongside Ryze by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gnar vs Ryze Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTrinity Force

Optional Items

Sundered Sky

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 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
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Ryze

Tips for Playing as Gnar with Ryze

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 Ryze Will Play

Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.

Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.

Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.

Gnar Ryze Synergy Stats

Gnar Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Ryze Image
5
< Kills >
5.2
6
< Deaths >
5.9
6.2
< Assists >
6.1
1.16
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
166
< Minions Killed >
167
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,204
< Physical Damage >
18,194
3,334
< Magic Damage >
3,434
418
< True Damage >
477
21,957
< Damage Dealt >
22,106
30,098
< Damage Taken >
29,737
11,445
< Gold Earned >
11,451
2.37
< Towers >
2.4
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,204
< Total Healing >
6,111
14,908
< Experience >
14,919
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
421
< Time Dealing CC >
422

How to Play with Ryze as Gnar in LoL

The Gnar Ryze synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ryze, 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 Ryze. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ryze helps Gnar perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Gnar plays on the same team as Ryze, he observes a little drop in his full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Ryze doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played with Ryze on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ryze. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ryze.

Additionally, when Gnar plays with Ryze on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Ryze does a poor job of covering Gnar during team fights.

Synergies between Gnar and Ryze

Damage Types Compared

Gnar
Ryze
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gnar
Ryze

Is Gnar better when played alongside Ryze?

There is no ideal synergy for Gnar that will always be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Ryze is a very typical ally for Gnar. By locking into the same side as Gnar, he drops their win rate by -0.1% to 47.9%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Gnar and Ryze that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Ryze has a lower difficulty than Gnar. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Ryze teammates to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by aligning Gnar and Ryze together, you may not be granting your team a lot of tankyness. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Ryze teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Gnar Players

How We Calculated Our Gnar Ryze Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gnar and Ryze, we analyzed 330 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 Ryze 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 synergize with Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The best items to have in your Gnar and Ryze synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Ryze than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gnar boasted an average winrate of 47.9% helping carry Ryze with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, Gnar players 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 combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.9% winrate overall.

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