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League of Legends Champion GnarGnar is in the b tier of champions

Gnar

FighterTank
Gnar is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyHard
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Rage Gene abilityp
Boomerang Throw / Boulder Toss abilityq
Hyper / Wallop abilityw
Hop / Crunch abilitye
GNAR! abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Gnar Build

based on 22,810 matches
Win Rate
47.2 %
Pick Rate
1.9 %
Ban Rate
0.4 %

How We Come Up with Our Gnar Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Gnar build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Gnar builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Gnar core items and runes for any situation.

Gnar Build Summary

Gnar is a a not very good top lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Resolve. Adding the selected runes shown below in your Gnar build will provide you the bonus stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. You should start by building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Gnar

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Hearthbound AxeSheen

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSterak's GageHullbreakerMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Sunfire AegisDeath's DanceDead Man's PlateWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gnar to level upq
>
Second ability for Gnar to level upw
>
Last skill for Gnar to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Gnar's passive ability p
Gnar's q ability q
Gnar's w ability w
Gnar's e ability e
Gnar's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
12
W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Gnar Matchups Overview

Gnar is Weak Against

OlafOlaf40.8% winrateIreliaIrelia41.3% winrateKennenKennen41.3% winrateNasusNasus42.5% winrate

Gnar is Strong Against

HeimerdingerHeimerdinger65.7% winrateK'SanteK'Sante54% winrateKledKled53.1% winratePoppyPoppy52.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Shyvanajungle+ 52.7% 823 GamesZiggsmiddle+ 52.9% 272 GamesVel'Kozsupport+ 53.5% 286 GamesZiggsbottom+ 54.5% 176 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Gnar Players

Tips and Tricks

Try to time Gnar's Rage transformations to maximize effectiveness from Mega Gnar and Mini Gnar.

Engage in teamfights when you have high Rage bar to ensure you can transform.

Additional Gnar Build Insights

League of Legends Gnar players will find him to be a confusing champ to build out properly. You will notice that his build changes when he is up against either generic or highly focused team compositions, showing you shouldn't choose the same Gnar build every game of League of Legends

The most important items to incorporate into your champion's build are: Trinity Force, Sterak's Gage, and Hullbreaker. Those who added these items in their builds had a better winrate than those who went for other builds for Gnar. Likewise, if you are fighting a mixed enemy team comp, you should strongly consider getting Gnar the Precision, and Resolve runes. In recent matches, he won the greatest percentage of his games when equipped with these runes.

We established our Gnar build suggestions by analyzing 22,810 recently ranked LoL games with him in them. We only propose the best winrate Gnar builds that were built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to propose them. With so many rounds in our dataset, we are very confident in our suggested builds.