Orianna vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Orianna
based on 561 Orianna vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Gnar
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Orianna in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some strategic Orianna versus Gnar matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..
Orianna typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Gnar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Gnar
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Who is Better, Orianna or Gnar?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually wins when facing off against Gnar, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a good counter to Gnar.
While Orianna does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Orianna into Gnaras her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Orianna also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Gnar matchups, Orianna is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Orianna is a decent counter to Gnar. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Orianna in order to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Gnar. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Orianna versus Gnar build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Gnar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Orianna had an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Gnar with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Gnar as Orianna, Orianna players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Orianna vs Gnar counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.2% win rate overall.
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