Thresh vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Thresh
based on 1,496 Thresh vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Gnar
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several influential Thresh against Gnar matchup stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gnar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Gnar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Gnar
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Who is Better, Thresh or Gnar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gnar, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes an ok counter to Gnar.
While Thresh does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Thresh into Gnaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Thresh also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Gnar matchups, Thresh is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Thresh is a decent counter for Gnar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Thresh in order to counter Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Gnar. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Thresh versus Gnar build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Gnar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Gnar as Thresh, Thresh players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Thresh vs Gnar clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
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