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Gnar

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.6%#60 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.3%picked in 193 of 2,644 games
Ban: 5.3%104 bans over 1,958 games, against 1.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Top45.3% between 39.4% and 51.2% over 190 gamesSoloQ 48.1%: no clear gap

Median length29.8 minsoloQ 28.1 min

Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

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
4.0%
SoloQ
1.7%
4.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.6%
SoloQ
1.0%
5.6% ban rate in amateur play over 1,329 games, against 1.0% in soloQ over 82,299 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.8 min
SoloQ
28.1 min
Median of 29.8 min in amateur play, against 28.1 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 Tempo47% · 4,007

Amateur: Fleet Footwork (48%), gap not settled

SpellsFlash + Teleport75% · 6,428

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 170 games

Core (3 legendaries)26% · 797

26%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?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.