MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Gnar vs Anivia
How often does Gnar beat Anivia in Top?
Gnar into Anivia in Top: 50% observed win rate across 149 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Gnar ahead by 446 gold.
Gnar at 15:00
- Gold: +446
- CS: +5
- XP: +497
Typical gap to Anivia, from 149 games that reached 15:00.
Does Gnar counter Anivia?
No counter here: Gnar sits at 50% over 149 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.
Beating Anivia: the Gnar game plan
A gold lead at 10:00 puts Gnar at 53% across 89 games. Flip the lead and Gnar falls to 47% across 60.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 53% | 89 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 47% | 60 |
| First blood | 59% | 66 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 60% | 60 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 48% | 88 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 52% | 52 |
Someone usually dies here around 6:26 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:15. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Gnar's Top build, with receipts
Into Anivia specifically, Gnar finishes Trinity Force first most often: 55.7% over 70 games of this matchup.
The most-finished Gnar core is Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage: 59.2% across 2,858 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Doran's Blade + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Trinity Force (21,196 games).
Skill plan: Gnar players max Q first and take Q at level 1.