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Gnar

Win through side lane pressure.

5v5 winrate
49.2%
3,068 games · High confidence
Role rank
#51 / 84
Top 54% DPM
KDA / DPM
2.76 · 828
EngageFrontlineReliable CC
Best style
Hard Engage
Draft fit score 65/100 · Theoretical fit
Gnar Top
Jarvan IV Jungle
Lissandra Mid
Swain Bot
Pantheon Support
5v5 vs SoloQ
+0.7 pts vs SoloQ
Priority ban
Malphite
Updated Jul 19, 2026

What Gnar gives your team

Engage
5.0
Frontline
5.0
Reliable CC
5.0
Teamfight
5.0
Hard to execute
1.0
Low damage if behind
2.0
Win condition

Win through side lane pressure.

Needs

Needs physical damage.

Avoid

Avoid hard counterpicks.

Coordinated 5v5 vs Solo Queue

5v5 WR
49.2%
SoloQ WR
48.6%
+0.7 pts

Similar performance in both environments

SoloQ context: C · 128,759 games · 1.1% banrate

Power curve

Early
68

Create lane states that let engage champions move first.

Mid
90

Use fog-of-war and sweepers to threaten instant starts.

Late
77

Find flank angles or punish carries stepping past their frontline.

Role ranking

Among 84 comparable Top champions.

Winrate
#51 / 84
KDA
#38 / 84
DPM
#46 / 84
Damage share
#44 / 84
CS/min
#35 / 84

Build a team around Gnar

Three bounded line-ups: the champion is locked, alternatives stay compact, and the score is draft fit, not win probability.

Best statistical fit

Hard Engage

65/100
Draft fit score
Top
Gnar icon
Gnar
Locked
Jungle
Jarvan IV icon
Jarvan IV
Alt: Vi · Wukong
Mid
Lissandra icon
Lissandra
Alt: Kennen · Azir
Bot
Swain icon
Swain
Alt: Ashe · Senna
Support
Pantheon icon
Pantheon
Alt: Ashe · Gragas
Medium execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Hard Engage shapeEngageFrontline

Weak if missing primary engage.

early

Create lane states that let engage champions move first.

mid

Use fog-of-war and sweepers to threaten instant starts.

late

Find flank angles or punish carries stepping past their frontline.

Safer execution

Wombo Combo

62/100
Draft fit score
Top
Gnar icon
Gnar
Locked
Jungle
Lillia icon
Lillia
Alt: Rumble · Wukong
Mid
Lissandra icon
Lissandra
Alt: Kennen · Rumble
Bot
Swain icon
Swain
Alt: Yasuo · Ashe
Support
Pantheon icon
Pantheon
Alt: Swain · Fiddlesticks
Hard execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Wombo Combo shapeEngageFrontline

Weak if missing AoE damage.

early

Protect key ultimate champions until level spikes.

mid

Fight around grouped objectives where enemies must clump.

late

Hold critical ultimates for grouped fights rather than single low-value kills.

Alternative game plan

Front to Back

60/100
Draft fit score
Top
Gnar icon
Gnar
Locked
Jungle
Karthus icon
Karthus
Alt: Lillia · Rumble
Mid
Swain icon
Swain
Alt: Cassiopeia · Karthus
Bot
Sivir icon
Sivir
Alt: Swain · Xayah
Support
Pantheon icon
Pantheon
Alt: Swain · Sett
Easy execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Front to Back shapeEngageFrontline

Weak if missing frontline.

early

Keep lanes stable and avoid forced fights before core items.

mid

Group around dragon and mid waves with frontline first.

late

Fight slowly from vision lines and let carries kill the nearest target.

Best bans

Lane, composition and blind-draft bans use separate reasons.

Malphite icon
Malphite
Lane ban
100

Malphite is a recurring SoloQ counter profile for Gnar.

External SoloQ · High confidence
Irelia icon
Irelia
Composition ban
100

Irelia is a recurring SoloQ counter profile for Gnar.

External SoloQ · High confidence
Alistar icon
Alistar
Blind-draft ban
24

Alistar matches the profile of champions that punish hard counterpicks.

Champion profile · Profile-based
Dataset and methodology

These pages summarize high-elo coordinated 5v5 games. Public scouting sections use raw game counts for readability; weighted games remain in the methodology because lower-confidence sources count less.

Games
3,068
2,226 weighted games
Confidence
High confidence
Weighted WR 49.2%
Updated
Jul 19, 2026
Latest refresh
Source tiers
Ranked 5v5 and Flex 5 samples
Lower-confidence sources count less.

Ranked 5v5 is treated as the highest-confidence coordinated 5-player source.

Flex 5 confirmed means the same five-player group was detected across multiple games.

Flex 5 candidate is useful high-elo Flex signal, weighted lower until confirmed.

Role rankings require at least 100 raw games and 75 weighted games for each comparable champion. Secondary roles require at least 100 raw games and 50 weighted games.

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