Gnar Matchups

GnarMatchups Spreadsheet

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Champion Portrait of Aatrox
AatroxTOP
Easy
16151%+165+633This 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)

Skill Priority

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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.
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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.
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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.
51.63% WR
153 Matches

Summoner Spells

Summoner Spell 1Summoner Spell 2
51.28% WR
78 Matches

Skill Order

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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.
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4
5
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9
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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
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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
17
18
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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.
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16
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
50.4% WR117 Matches
Adaptive Force
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Armor
Magic Resist
Health
Armor
Magic Resist

Starting Items

Item 1055Item 2003
56.1% WR
57 Matches

Core Items

Item 3078Item 3047Item 3071
42.9% WR
7 Matches

4th Item Options

Item 3053
52.9% WR17 Matches
Item 3071
36.4% WR11 Matches
Item 3091
70.0% WR10 Matches

5th Item Options

Item 3053
75.0% WR4 Matches
Item 3091
33.3% WR3 Matches
Item 3181
50.0% WR2 Matches

6th Item Options

Item 3071
100.0% WR1 Matches
Item 3742

Laning Phase (@15 min)

Gnar Damage Dealt7,688
Aatrox Damage Dealt6,411
Gold Diff+165
CS Diff+6
XP Diff+96
Ally Ganks1.24
Enemy Ganks1.01
KDA1 / 2 / 1

End of Game

Gnar Total Damage Dealt23,674
Aatrox Total Damage Dealt20,195
Total Gold Diff+633
Total CS Diff+13
Total XP Diff0
KDA5 / 5 / 6

Split Push

Gnar Damage to Turrets5,743
Aatrox Damage to Turrets3,401
Champion Portrait of Malphite
MalphiteTOP
Even
13041%-43+261
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Champion Portrait of Renekton
RenektonTOP
Not Favored
12550%-275-240
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Champion Portrait of Sett
SettTOP
Easy
11448%+340+363
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Champion Portrait of Irelia
IreliaTOP
Very Hard
11354%-941-1603
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Champion Portrait of Garen
GarenTOP
Favored
11146%+199-241
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Champion Portrait of Mordekaiser
MordekaiserTOP
Even
10446%-55-2
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Champion Portrait of Ornn
OrnnTOP
Easy
10149%+268+1157
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