MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Gnar vs Garen
How often does Gnar beat Garen in Top?
Gnar into Garen in Top: 51% observed win rate across 2,117 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 485 gold.
Gnar at 15:00
- Gold: +485
- CS: +14
- XP: +372
Typical gap to Garen, from 2,100 games that reached 15:00.
Does Gnar counter Garen?
No counter here: Gnar sits at 51% over 2,117 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 Garen: the Gnar game plan
A gold lead at 10:00 puts Gnar at 57% across 1,399 games. Flip the lead and Gnar falls to 41% across 716.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 57% | 1,399 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 41% | 716 |
| First blood | 57% | 967 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 60% | 782 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 54% | 1,583 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 58% | 581 |
| 0 deaths at 15:00 | 60% | 293 |
Someone usually dies here around 6:18 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:12. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Gnar's Top build, with receipts
Into Garen specifically, Gnar finishes Trinity Force first most often: 52.9% over 968 games of this matchup.
The most-finished core in this exact matchup is Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage: 61.1% across 203 games.
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.