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Gnar
CHAMPION · BARON

Gnar

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Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
Editor's pick · most-quoted
You want to get him into these burst heavy champions. Gnar is just solid. Yone with the buff.
hellsdevil · patch 7.1 · (06:53)
Open questions (4)
  1. 01~~Build path~~ — answered for 7.1e in [[#Build (WR Meta, 7.1e)]] (2026-05-26).
  2. 02~~Rune setup~~ — answered alongside build above (2026-05-26).
  3. 03Power-spike timings
  4. 04Specific matchups
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Tier history

5 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1ehellsdevilbaronS+=2026-05-19
7.1eroyalbaronS=2026-05-17
7.1ditzstu4rtbaronA·2026-05-08
7.1droyalbaronS·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdevilbaronS+·2026-05-08
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Builds

1 source
WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR49.17%PR2.83%BR0.24%
Items (in order)
Trinity Force
Trinity ForceWell-Rounded
  • +333 Max Health
  • +30 Attack Damage
  • +30% Attack Speed
  • +20 Ability Haste

Fervor: +5% Move Speed.

Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to 200% base AD(1.5s Cooldown). Damage is reduced vs structures.

Valor: Attacks grant 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds. Bonuses do not stack. Ranged champions gain halved values.

3333 gold
Plated Steelcaps
Plated SteelcapsReduces Physical Damage
  • +150 Max Health
  • +50% Health Regen
  • +20 Armor
  • +45 Move Speed.
900 gold
Black Cleaver
Black CleaverPhysical Damage reduces Armor
  • +400 Max Health
  • +40 Attack Damage
  • +20 Ability Haste

Sunder: Dealing physical damage to a champion reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds, stacking 4 times for 24% reduction.

Rage: Gain 20 Movement Speed when you deal physical damage. When moving toward enemy champions with 4 Sunder stacks, gain 40 Move Speed. Ranged champions gain halved values.

3000 gold
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's GageTaking damage triggers a shield
  • +400 Max Health

Heavy Handed: +50% base Attack Damage as bonus Attack Damage.

Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield that equal to 75% of your bonus health that decays over 3 seconds (90s Cooldown).

Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size, empowers you, removes all crowd control effects on you (except Airborne), and grants 30% Tenacity for 4 seconds.

3200 gold
Thornmail
ThornmailReflects damage and reduces enemy healing
  • +200 Max Health
  • +75 Armor

Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 2% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.

Entwine: Aply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damge to them.

2700 gold
Amaranth's Twinguard
Amaranth's TwinguardIn-combat durability
  • +60 Armor
  • +60 Magic Resistance

Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion.

3100 gold
Runes
Fleet Footwork
KeystoneFleet Footwork
Fleet FootworkKeystone

Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you, grants increased Movement Speed, and restores mana or energy if you attack a champion. At 100 Energy stacks, your next attack gains 100% Attack Speed. Heal: 15 - 85 + 30% bonus Attack Damage + 30% Ability Power Movement Speed bonus: 20% for 1 second. When attacking a champion, restore 8% missing mana or 8% missing energy. Heals for 35% (Melee) / 15% (Ranged) when attacking minions or monsters.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Demolish
DemolishMinor · Resolve

When within 550 range of an enemy turret, gain a charge every 0.5s, up to 6 times. When fully charged, your next attack against the turret deals an additional 200 + 30% Max HP physical damage. (35s cooldown)

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Bone Plating
Bone PlatingMinor · Resolve

Blocks damage from the next triggering champion attack and 2 more attacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Overgrowth
OvergrowthMinor · Resolve

When 1 monster or 2 minions are killed nearby, permanently gain 3 Max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains bonus 3% Max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Cut Down
Cut DownMinor · Precision

Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with more than 60% Health.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
QWE
Spells
FlashFlashIgniteIgnite

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-gnar-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Plated Steelcaps → Mercury's Treads vs magic-heavy teams
  • Boots enchant: Stoneplate Enchant for shielding

Extreme threats: Vayne, Karma, Gwen, K'Sante, Irelia, Darius, Teemo

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Commentary

verbatim creator quotes
hellsdevilauto· Auto-extracted commentary (HellsDevil, 7.1)
patch 7.1

Generated by /wr-extract from HellsDevil's patch 7.1 video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1 analysis (HellsDevil) sections above. Baron "You want to get him into these burst heavy champions. Gnar is just solid. Yone with the buff." (06:53)

hellsdevilauto· Baron
patch 7.1·baron

You want to get him into these burst heavy champions. Gnar is just solid. Yone with the buff.(06:53)

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Patch notes

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