Elise vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Elise
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Elise vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Gnar
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
Advice to Win Against Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Elise vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Elise in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Elise vs. Gnar counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..
Elise normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Elise and Gnar
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Who is Better, Elise or Gnar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Elise usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gnar, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Elise makes an ok counter to Gnar.
While Elise does have a lower win rate than Gnar, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Elise into Gnaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Elise has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Elise vs Gnar matchups, Gnar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Elise is a somewhat poor counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Elise in order to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise usually gets a lot less CS compared to Gnar. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Elise versus Gnar build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Gnar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 49.8% battling Gnar with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Gnar as Elise, Elise players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Elise vs Gnar fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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