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Gnar

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

13.8%#54 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.5%picked in 1,198 of 18,552 games
Ban: 7.3%1,280 bans over 17,566 games, against 2.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Top48.4% between 46.1% and 50.8% over 1,193 gamesSoloQ 49.4%: no clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 26.2 min

Amateur: 18,750 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 348,503 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itLethal Tempo, then Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, and Sterak's Gage: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 82% of top laners.CCDamagePokeSplit-push
With / againstBetter than expected against Thresh in amateur play: +14.7 pts over 65 games, range above zero.+14.7 pt65 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.2%
SoloQ
2.1%
3.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.1% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
7.4%
SoloQ
2.5%
7.4% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 2.5% in soloQ over 162,170 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
26.2 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 26.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Lethal Tempo, then Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, and Sterak's Gage: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesLethal Tempo51% · 7,620

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport63% · 9,327

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 206 games

Core (3 legendaries)27% · 1,244

27%of soloQ games

Trinity Force
Black Cleaver
Sterak's Gage

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 82% of top laners.

Crowd control (CC)top18%1.2 · top laners: 0.8
Team damagetop20%24% · top laners: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

CC
Damage
Poke
Split-push

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Nothing below top laners.

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 67 in lane, 60 in mid game and 35 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

632+33 vs 599

902+34 vs 868

1,016-64 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Gnartop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 75% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 67 of 100 among top laners632 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 60 of 100 among top laners902 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 35 of 100 among top laners1,016 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 76 of 100 among top laners+286 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 75 of 100 among top laners+402 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 46 of 100 among top laners888 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 68 of 100 among top laners55% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 33 of 100 among top laners26% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 63 of 100 among top lanersrank 63 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 82 of 100 among top laners1.2 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 80 of 100 among top laners24% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Thresh in amateur play: +14.7 pts over 65 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Aatrox54.2% · expected 47.5% · 48 g+6.6 ptSoloQ +0.1

Nasus50.0% · expected 46.3% · 30 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -0.9

Sion48.9% · expected 48.7% · 47 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -0.3

Junglegap to expected

Naafiri60.0% · expected 47.6% · 35 g+12.4 ptSoloQ +3.1

Lillia56.4% · expected 45.6% · 39 g+10.8 ptSoloQ +1.9

Xin Zhao51.3% · expected 47.6% · 39 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +1.6

Qiyana52.8% · expected 49.9% · 36 g+2.9 ptSoloQ -1.2

Midgap to expected

LeBlanc54.3% · expected 48.4% · 46 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -3.2

Twisted Fate53.8% · expected 47.2% · 39 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +0.9

Ahri48.2% · expected 45.8% · 85 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -2.0

Orianna55.6% · expected 51.8% · 54 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -2.0

Yone48.6% · expected 44.6% · 37 g+4.1 ptSoloQ +3.6

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa54.3% · expected 48.1% · 105 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -0.9

Ashe55.3% · expected 45.6% · 47 g+9.7 ptSoloQ +1.0

Ezreal57.6% · expected 53.0% · 85 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +0.7

Caitlyn49.0% · expected 46.2% · 104 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +0.1

Jhin55.0% · expected 52.5% · 111 g+2.5 ptSoloQ -1.6

Supportgap to expected

Thresh61.5% · expected 46.8% · 65 g+14.7 ptSoloQ +1.8

Bard64.5% · expected 46.9% · 31 g+17.7 ptSoloQ -0.4

Nautilus56.0% · expected 50.2% · 116 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -1.0

Braum52.1% · expected 46.1% · 73 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +3.3

Milio53.2% · expected 49.6% · 62 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -2.8

With

Junglegap to expected

Cho'Gath60.7% · expected 49.7% · 56 g+11.0 ptSoloQ -2.3

Viego60.0% · expected 48.4% · 40 g+11.6 ptSoloQ -0.9

Lee Sin51.1% · expected 47.3% · 135 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -1.9

Jarvan IV50.0% · expected 46.2% · 66 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -2.4

Vi51.3% · expected 48.8% · 78 g+2.5 ptSoloQ +1.5

Midgap to expected

Akali57.9% · expected 47.7% · 38 g+10.2 ptSoloQ -1.2

Orianna50.8% · expected 45.1% · 59 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -0.5

Syndra55.0% · expected 49.4% · 60 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +0.2

Galio54.5% · expected 47.7% · 33 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +0.7

Ahri52.6% · expected 51.1% · 76 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +2.2

ADCgap to expected

Aphelios53.8% · expected 44.4% · 52 g+9.5 ptSoloQ -0.9

Ezreal46.7% · expected 43.9% · 90 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -1.0

Yunara52.0% · expected 50.5% · 125 g+1.5 ptSoloQ -0.7

Jinx55.6% · expected 52.3% · 63 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +1.5

Tristana51.2% · expected 46.9% · 43 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +4.3

Supportgap to expected

Leona56.0% · expected 48.8% · 75 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +2.9

Blitzcrank56.1% · expected 49.8% · 66 g+6.3 ptSoloQ 0.0

Braum54.4% · expected 50.8% · 68 g+3.6 ptSoloQ -1.7

Bard53.8% · expected 50.0% · 39 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +2.8

Rell52.9% · expected 52.7% · 51 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +3.6

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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