Gnar vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Gnar
based on 493 Gnar vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gnar vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Gnar vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Gnar
Tips for Playing as Gnar against Qiyana
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.
Gnar vs Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Gnar in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several important Gnar vs. Qiyana counter statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Gnar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gnar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Qiyana..
Gnar often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Qiyana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gnar and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Gnar or Qiyana?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gnar usually wins when playing against Qiyana, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Gnar makes a good counter to Qiyana.
While Gnar does have a higher win rate compared to Qiyana, when on opposite teams, Gnar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gnar into Qiyanaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gnar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Qiyana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gnar vs Qiyana matchups, Gnar is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gnar is a decent counter for Qiyana. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gnar against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gnar in order to counter Qiyana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gnar typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Qiyana. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gnar versus Qiyana build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Qiyana than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 51.7% when countering Qiyana with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Qiyana as Gnar, Gnar players 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 runes players chose for Gnar vs Qiyana counter picks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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