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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 39,825 matches
Win Rate
48.3 %
Pick Rate
2.4 %
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 poor top lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Resolve. Incorporating the highlighted runes shown below into your Gnar build will provide you the bonus stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should start by leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Gnar

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Plated SteelcapsSheen

Core Gnar Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSterak's GageHullbreakerMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSpear Of ShojinTitanic HydraDead Man's Plate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste 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: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
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E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Gnar Matchups Overview

Gnar is Weak Against

IreliaIrelia41.9% winrateMalphiteMalphite43.8% winratePoppyPoppy43.8% winrateKledKled44.5% winrate

Gnar is Strong Against

GragasGragas59.5% winrateK'SanteK'Sante54.2% winrateWukongWukong53.1% winrateVolibearVolibear52.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Aniviamiddle+ 53.8% 470 GamesSylasjungle+ 54.2% 391 GamesKarthusbottom+ 54.5% 200 GamesGaliosupport+ 54.5% 143 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

LoL Gnar players will find him to be a complex champion to build out properly. You'll notice that his build varies when he is fighting either diversified or homogenous team comps, showing you should not choose the same Gnar build every single round of League of Legends

The most essential items to incorporate into your champ's build are: Trinity Force, Sterak's Gage, and Hullbreaker. Those who added these pieces in their builds had a significantly better win rate than players who went for other item builds for Gnar. Likewise, if you are battling a well-mixed enemy team comp, you should really consider grabbing him the Precision, and Resolve runes. In recent games, he won the greatest percentage of his games when equipped with these runes.

We calculated our Gnar build suggestions by examining 39,825 recently ranked LoL matches with him selected. We only advise the best winrate Gnar builds that were used by ranked gamers enough times for us to suggest them. With so many rounds in our dataset, we are quite confident in our provided builds.