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Find the best Gnar build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.10. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Gnar build for the S14 meta. Learn more about Gnar's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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Gnar Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Gnar we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Gnar, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Gnar this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 14.10. However, if you are a new Gnar player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Gnar!

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Patch 14.9: 25,005 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 14% Pickrate

Resolve

Precision

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 1% Pickrate

Precision

Sorcery

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 2% Pickrate

Third Best

43%

Win Rate 1% Pickrate

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 22% Pickrate

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 2% Pickrate

Second Best

56%

Win Rate 6% Pickrate

Third Best

63%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 25% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 1% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Gnar Counters

Learn Gnar's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Gnar guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Gnar TOP in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Gnar. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Gnar Gnar TOP

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Gnar Skins

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Find Gnar's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Gnar skins and chromas on Gnar's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

La Ilusión Gnar

September 27, 2023

+ Wishlist

1350

Elderwood Gnar

January 6, 2022

+ Wishlist

1350

Astronaut Gnar

May 28, 2020

+ Wishlist

1350

SSG Gnar

Special Events

July 20, 2018

+ Wishlist

1350

Super Galaxy Gnar

October 17, 2017

+ Wishlist

1350

El León Gnar

June 2, 2016

+ Wishlist

750

Snow Day Gnar

Special Events

December 10, 2015

+ Wishlist

975

Gentleman Gnar

July 13, 2015

+ Wishlist

975

Dino Gnar

August 13, 2014

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975

Classic Gnar

Original

+ Wishlist

Gnar's Abilities

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Rage Gene Gnar's Passive

Self

Gnar generates 4 / 7 / 11 Rage by dealing and receiving damage. At max Rage his next ability transforms him into Mega Gnar for 15 seconds.

Mini Gnar: Gain 0-20 bonus movement speed, bonus attack speed and 0-100 bonus attack range (depending on level).

Mega Gnar: Gain 100-831 max health, 3.5-54.5 armor, 3.5-63 magic resist and 8-50.5 attack damage (depending on level).

At max Rage, Gnar will automatically transform after 4 seconds if he does not use an ability. Rage decays after 13 seconds if Gnar has not dealt or received damage. Rage gain is greater when dealing damage to champions.

Boomerang Throw / Boulder Toss Gnar's Q Ability

1100

20 / 17.5 / 15 / 12.5 / 10

Boomerang Throw: Gnar throws a boomerang that deals 5 / 45 / 85 / 125 / 165 (+1.15 per attack damage) physical damage and slows by 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% for 2 seconds. The boomerang returns after hitting an enemy, dealing reduced damage to subsequent targets. Each enemy can only be hit once. Catching the boomerang reduces its cooldown by 40%.

Boulder Toss: Gnar hurls a boulder, dealing 45 / 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 (+1.4 per attack damage) and slowing by 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% for 2 seconds to the first enemy hit and surrounding enemies. Picking up the boulder reduces this ability's cooldown by 70%.

Hyper / Wallop Gnar's W Ability

Self

Hyper: Every third attack or ability on the same enemy deals an additional 0 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 (+100% of ability power) plus 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 14% of target's max health as magic damage and grants 20 / 40 / 60 / 80% movement speed decaying over 3 seconds.

Wallop: Gnar smashes an area, dealing 45 / 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 (+1.0 per attack damage) physical damage and stunning for 1.25 seconds.

Hop / Crunch Gnar's E Ability

Self

22 / 19.5 / 17 / 14.5 / 12

Hop: Gnar leaps, gaining 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% attack speed for 6 seconds. If Gnar lands on a unit he will bounce off it, traveling further. Bouncing off an enemy deals 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 plus 6% of max health as physical damage and briefly slows by 80% for 0.5 seconds.

Crunch: Gnar leaps, dealing 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 plus 6% of max health as physical damage to nearby enemies on landing. Enemies directly underneath are also briefly slowed by 80% for 0.5 seconds.

GNAR! Gnar's Ultimate (R) Ability

590

90 / 60 / 30 / 30 / 30

Mini Gnar Passive: Increase Hyper's movement speed.

Mega Gnar: Gnar tosses nearby enemies, dealing 200 / 300 / 400 (+100% of ability power) (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage, knocking back, and slowing them by 60% for 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 seconds. Enemies that hit a wall instead take 50% bonus physical damage and are stunned.

Boomerang Throw Gnar's Q Ability

1125

20 / 17.5 / 15 / 12.5 / 10

Gnar throws a boomerang that deals 5 / 45 / 85 / 125 / 165 (+1.15 per attack damage) physical damage and slows by 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% for 2 seconds. The boomerang returns after hitting an enemy, dealing reduced damage to subsequent targets. Each enemy can only be hit once. Catching the boomerang reduces its cooldown by 40%.

Boulder Toss Gnar's Q Ability

1150

20 / 17.5 / 15 / 12.5 / 10

Gnar hurls a boulder, dealing 45 / 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 (+1.4 per attack damage) and slowing by 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% for 2 seconds to the first enemy hit and surrounding enemies. Picking up the boulder reduces this ability's cooldown by 70%.

Hyper Gnar's W Ability

Self

Every third attack or ability on the same enemy deals an additional 0 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 (+100% of ability power) plus 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 14% of target's max health as magic damage and grants 20 / 40 / 60 / 80% movement speed decaying over 3 seconds.

Wallop Gnar's W Ability

550

Gnar smashes an area, dealing 45 / 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 (+1.0 per attack damage) physical damage and stunning for 1.25 seconds.

Hop Gnar's E Ability

475

22 / 19.5 / 17 / 14.5 / 12

Gnar leaps, gaining 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% attack speed for 6 seconds. If Gnar lands on a unit he will bounce off it, traveling further. Bouncing off an enemy deals 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 plus 6% of max health as physical damage and briefly slows by 80% for 0.5 seconds.

Crunch Gnar's E Ability

675

22 / 19.5 / 17 / 14.5 / 12

Gnar leaps, dealing 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 plus 6% of max health as physical damage to nearby enemies on landing. Enemies directly underneath are also briefly slowed by 80% for 0.5 seconds.

Questions About Gnar

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Latest Questions

Eternity

Asked by BlackRoseGirl on March 26, 2020

Does the Eternity passive from Abyssal Mask, Catalyst of Aeons, and Rod of Ages work on champions that don’t have mana as a secondary bar, but do still have a secondary resource?

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Who should i buy next (im new)

Asked by donkmems on April 6, 2018

who should i buy im lvl 18 and have 4.8k be and looking for a jungler or a gnar so whos fun to learn and play and whos good please reply

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Gnar, Jhin or Zoe

Asked by Greninja121 on January 25, 2018

So I'm saving Blue Essence to buy one of these three, but I can't make a choice. Can someone tell me their strenghts, weaknesses and style of gameplay.

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