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Gnar Matchups

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Patch 15.18
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Champion Portrait of Garen
Garen
Easy
18551%+404+142
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Skill Priority

Gnar Q Icon
Q
Boomerang Throw / Boulder Toss
Gnar throws a boomerang that damages and slows enemies it hits before returning to him. If he catches the boomerang its cooldown is reduced.

Mega Gnar instead throws a boulder that stops on the first unit hit, damaging and slowing everything nearby. It can then be picked up to reduce the cooldown.
Gnar W Icon
W
Hyper / Wallop
Gnar's attacks and spells hype him up, dealing bonus damage and granting him Move Speed.

Mega Gnar is too enraged to be hyper and instead can rear up on his hind legs and smash down on the area in front of him, stunning enemies in an area.
Gnar E Icon
E
Hop / Crunch
Gnar leaps to a location and bounces off the head of any unit he lands on, traveling further.

Mega Gnar is too large to bounce and instead lands with earth-shattering force, dealing damage in an area around him.
50.8% WR
181 Matches

Summoner Spells

Summoner Spell 1Summoner Spell 2
55.6% WR
108 Matches

Skill Order

Gnar Q Icon
Boomerang Throw / Boulder Toss
Gnar throws a boomerang that damages and slows enemies it hits before returning to him. If he catches the boomerang its cooldown is reduced.

Mega Gnar instead throws a boulder that stops on the first unit hit, damaging and slowing everything nearby. It can then be picked up to reduce the cooldown.
1
4
5
7
9
Gnar W Icon
Hyper / Wallop
Gnar's attacks and spells hype him up, dealing bonus damage and granting him Move Speed.

Mega Gnar is too enraged to be hyper and instead can rear up on his hind legs and smash down on the area in front of him, stunning enemies in an area.
2
8
10
12
13
Gnar E Icon
Hop / Crunch
Gnar leaps to a location and bounces off the head of any unit he lands on, traveling further.

Mega Gnar is too large to bounce and instead lands with earth-shattering force, dealing damage in an area around him.
3
14
15
Gnar R Icon
GNAR!
Mega Gnar throws everything around him in a chosen direction, dealing damage and slowing them. Any enemy that hits a wall is stunned and takes bonus damage.
6
11
16

Gnar vs Garen Runes

Press the Attack
Lethal Tempo
Fleet Footwork
Conqueror
Absorb Life
Triumph
Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Haste
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Cut Down
Last Stand
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
54.3% WR140 Matches
Adaptive Force
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Armor
Magic Resist
Health
Armor
Magic Resist

Starting Items

Item 1055Item 2003Item 3340
50.6% WR
77 Matches

Core Items

Item 3078Item 3047Item 3071
33.3% WR
9 Matches

4th Item Options

Item 3071
57.7% WR26 Matches
Item 3053
52.2% WR23 Matches
Item 3078
55.6% WR9 Matches

5th Item Options

Item 3053
50.0% WR6 Matches
Item 3071
20.0% WR5 Matches
Item 3091
66.7% WR3 Matches

6th Item Options

Item 3075
50.0% WR2 Matches
Item 3091
50.0% WR2 Matches
Item 3078

Laning Phase (@15 min)

Gnar Damage
8,570
Garen Damage
4,366
Gold Diff+404
CS Diff+13
XP Diff+186
Ally Ganks0.99
Enemy Ganks1.01

End of Game

Gnar Damage
25,019
Garen Damage
18,135
Total Gold Diff+142
Total CS Diff+5

Split Push

Gnar Dmg to Turrets
5,958
Garen Dmg to Turrets
5,911
Champion Portrait of Aatrox
Aatrox
Easy
17947%+53+340This matchup tests your ability to bait out and sidestep Aatrox Q, hovering in and out of its range constantly as Mini-Gnar. Whenever he misses his Q3, you need to hard punish with mini-gnar by poking him out and zoning him out for the duration of his Q CD. If you successfully poked him out with mini-gnar, you can try to stun-lock and kill with mega-gnar else you can use mega-gnar to push the wave and crash, either go for a cheater recall or continue to harass under tower.Save mini-gnars dash for the chains. You should really outscale Aatrox in the side lane after 1 item provided you avoid his 3rd Q(flash it if you have)
Champion Portrait of Malphite
Malphite
Even
17245%-62+210
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Champion Portrait of Sion
Sion
Easy
15552%+360+870
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Champion Portrait of KSante
KSante
Easy
15251%+79+699
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Champion Portrait of Ambessa
Ambessa
Even
14950%-15-188
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Champion Portrait of Renekton
Renekton
Easy
14454%+49+402
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Champion Portrait of Irelia
Irelia
Very Hard
13744%-866-2039
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