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Garen vs Gnar

Garen
vs
51.8%

over 801 games

Gnar
Analyze a draft with Garen

Skill matchup

Heavy AD damageHeavy CCStrong engageVery tanky

Build vs Gnar

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Garen: Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder, Berserker's Greaves, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, Executioner's Calling, Black Cleaver.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Stridebreaker
1
Phantom Dancer
2
Mortal Reminder
3

Standard

Berserker's Greaves
4AS
Youmuu's Ghostblade
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot88%
FlashTeleport5%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Executioner's Calling
Black Cleaver
Force of Nature
Infinity Edge
Sterak's Gage
Lord Dominik's Regards
Voltaic Cyclosword
Spear of Shojin
Serrated Dirk
B. F. Sword
Serpent's Fang
Randuin's Omen
Tiamat
Death's Dance
Trinity Force
Hullbreaker
The Collector
Endless Hunger
Kaenic Rookern
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Thornmail
Maw of Malmortius
Stormrazor
Guardian Angel
54.8% WR124 games
SorcerySorcery
Stormraider's SurgeStormraider's Surge
Axiom ArcanistAxiom Arcanist
CelerityCelerity
Gathering StormGathering Storm
ResolveResolve
Second WindSecond Wind
OvergrowthOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Gnar's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Rage Gene (P)

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.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
316s7s22s–
613s7s22s1m30
910s7s22s1m30
1110s7s22s1m
1610s7s17s30s
1810s7s12s30s

Playing as Garen

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Silence, spin, back off

    Trade with Decisive Strike (Q), then Judgment (E), and back off: the Decisive Strike silence stops your opponent from answering with spells.

  2. Stay closest to your opponent

    During Judgment (E), stay closer to your opponent than to their minions: the nearest enemy takes extra damage.

  3. Back off to regenerate

    After a trade, back off until Perseverance (passive) kicks in: without recent damage taken, you regenerate part of your health every second.

  4. Courage just before impact

    Activate Courage (W) just before the bulk of the damage: you first gain a shield and tenacity, then a longer damage reduction.

  5. Save your R to finish

    Save Demacian Justice (R) to finish: its true damage grows with the target's missing health.

Playing against Gnar

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Play hard against Mini Gnar

    Take your trades when he's Mini Gnar with little Rage Gene (passive): he then has no stun and none of Mega Gnar's defenses.

  2. Dodge his boomerang

    Dodge Boomerang Throw (Q): it slows you, and if he catches it on the way back, its cooldown drops.

  3. Short trades

    Take short trades: on every third auto or ability that hits you, Hyper (W) adds damage based on your max health.

  4. Stay away from walls

    Stay away from walls against Mega Gnar: GNAR! (R) knocks back every nearby enemy, and those who hit a wall are stunned.

Other Garen matchups

Patch 16.21.1