Gnar
The Missing Link
Gnar is a primeval yordle whose playful antics can erupt into a toddler's outrage in an instant, transforming him into a massive beast bent on destruction. Frozen in True Ice for millennia, the curious creature broke free and now hops about a changed world he sees as exotic and wondrous.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site
Gnar
Overview
On patch 16.21, Gnar is rated C tier in the top lane, winning 47.3% of 2,861 ranked games with a 3% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Fleet Footwork with Exhaust and Flash and builds Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage, and Plated Steelcaps.
Gnar struggles most against Jayce (34.4%), Yasuo (34.8%), and Tryndamere (37.5%) and does best against K'Sante (75%), Gragas (71%), and Pantheon (63.6%).
Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 2,861 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate
47.3%
Win rate
3%
Pick rate
2.9K
Games
16.21
Patch
Playing as Gnar
- Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
- 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.
Playing against Gnar
- Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
- Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
- Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
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Matchups
Abilities
PRage Gene
While in combat Gnar generates Rage. At maximum Rage his next ability will transform him into Mega Gnar, granting increased survivability and access to new spells.
QBoomerang 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.
Cooldown: 16/14.5/13/11.5/10Cost: 0Range: 1100
WHyper / 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.
Cooldown: 7Cost: 0Range: 0
EHop / 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.
Cooldown: 22/19.5/17/14.5/12Cost: 0Range: 475
RGNAR!
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.
Cooldown: 90/60/30Cost: 0Range: 590
Skins
Dino Gnar
Gentleman Gnar
Snow Day Gnar
El León Gnar
Super Galaxy Gnar
SSG Gnar
Astronaut Gnar
Elderwood Gnar
La Ilusión Gnar
T1 Gnar