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Gnar Top build & stats

FighterTank S 160 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
58.1%
Pick rate
3.8%
Ban rate
1.1%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
3,000 gold
Trinity Force
Trinity Force
3,333 gold
Wit's End
Wit's End
2,800 gold
9,133 gold
90.9% WR 11 games

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
67.3% 49 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
59.1% WR
44 games · 28% pick
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Barrier
66.7% 18 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Gnar

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Gnar wins 58.1% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (160 games).
  • Most common core: Sterak's Gage → Black Cleaver → Trinity Force — 49% win rate over 39 games.
  • Take Lethal Tempo as keystone: picked in 51% of games with a 60% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Malphite (78% over 9 games). Hardest: K'Sante (50% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Trinity Force
Trinity Force
48.7% WR
39 games · 24% pick
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Trinity Force
Trinity Force
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen
38.5% WR
13 games · 8% pick
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Trinity Force
Trinity Force
Wit's End
Wit's End
90.9% WR
11 games · 7% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
54.3% WR
94 games · 59% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
67.3% WR
49 games · 31% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
57.1% WR
7 games · 4% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
100.0% 2% (3)
83.3% 4% (6)
80.0% 3% (5)
78.6% 9% (14)
70.0% 6% (10)
59.7% 74% (119)
58.1% 93% (148)
57.6% 21% (33)
53.7% 26% (41)
50.0% 38% (60)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
48.9% WR
45 games · 28% pick
Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork

Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
59.1% WR
44 games · 28% pick
Lethal Tempo Triumph Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Bone Plating Overgrowth
Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
62.5% WR
8 games · 5% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Bone Plating Overgrowth Legend: Alacrity Triumph

Keystones

  • Lethal Tempo Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. 59.8%51% pick
  • Fleet Footwork Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS. 59.0%38% pick
  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 50.0%6% pick
  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 50.0%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 57.5%75% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 66.7%11% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 46.7%9% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • 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 an...

  • 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 e...

  • 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.

  • 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.