Xerath with Gnar
How to Synergize Xerath and Gnar
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Xerath Gnar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Gnar
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Gnar
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Gnar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gnar as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gnar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gnar helps Xerath perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Gnar, he gets a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Gnar provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Gnar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Gnar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gnar.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Gnar on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Gnar does a poor job of protecting Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Gnar
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Gnar?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Gnar is a below average companion for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, he decreases their win rate by -1.4% to 49.2%. This demonstrates that there is a negative synergy between Xerath and Gnar that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Gnar has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be cautious when finding Gnar allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Xerath and Gnar together, you may not be granting your side enough attack damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Gnar teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to synergize with Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Xerath and Gnar synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Gnar than with many other common builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when playing alongside Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
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