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Rumble with Gnar

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How to Synergize Rumble and Gnar

based on 306 Rumble with Gnar pairs
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.55
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Rumble has fought alongside Gnar in 306 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much great data straight from the creators of LoL, we are confident that we can give you robust, insightful builds to help Rumble play with Gnar. It is very rare for Rumble to play with Gnar as teammates. This has only taken place in approx. 0.5% of rounds with Rumble.

Rumble Gnar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Rumble has done a poor job of teaming up with Gnar. Usually, he wins an acceptable 49.3% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Rumble when playing alongside Gnar by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rumble vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Rumble Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Hextech RocketbeltRiftmaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rumble to level upq
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Second ability for Rumble to level upe
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Last skill for Rumble to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometNimbus CloakAbsolute FocusScorch
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Rumble's passive ability p
Rumble's q ability q
Rumble's w ability w
Rumble's e ability e
Rumble's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Rumble and Gnar

Tips for Playing as Rumble with Gnar

Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.

If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.

Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.

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.

Rumble Gnar Synergy Stats

Rumble Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
Gnar Image
8.3
< Kills >
7
6.5
< Deaths >
6.4
8.3
< Assists >
7
1.97
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
123
< Minions Killed >
150
0.54
< Dragons Killed >
0.25
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.38
916
< Physical Damage >
975
24,406
< Magic Damage >
23,237
1,395
< True Damage >
1,076
26,717
< Damage Dealt >
25,289
28,167
< Damage Taken >
25,754
12,676
< Gold Earned >
11,815
1.54
< Towers >
1.59
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,268
< Total Healing >
3,879
14,819
< Experience >
14,660
23
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
324
< Time Dealing CC >
284

How to Play with Gnar as Rumble in LoL

The Rumble 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, Rumble sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gnar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gnar helps Rumble perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Rumble is paired with Gnar, he sees a small increase in his full damage output. This change could indicate that Gnar supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Rumble is played alongside Gnar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Gnar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gnar.

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

Synergies between Rumble and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Rumble
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rumble
Gnar

Is Rumble better when played alongside Gnar?

There is no ideal ally for Rumble that will always be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Gnar is a very typical companion for Rumble. By locking into the same team as Rumble, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 49.3%. This shows that there is only a small synergy between Rumble and Gnar that results in them performing at the same level together than without each other.

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

Working alongside, Rumble players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by aligning Rumble and Gnar together, you probably will not be giving your side a great deal of crowd control. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Gnar teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Rumble Players

How We Calculated Our Rumble Gnar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Rumble and Gnar, we analyzed 306 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 Rumble with Gnar 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 truly master Rumble in order to pair well with Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to have in your Rumble and Gnar synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Rumble included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Gnar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rumble boasted an average winrate of 49.3% helping carry Gnar with this build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Gnar with Rumble are shown for every ranked division. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.