Gnar, League of Legends champion
Win Rate
48.5%
Pick Rate
1.8%
Ban Rate
0.9%

Gnar Top Build: Items & Boots

Gnar F TierFighterTank
Patch
26.20
Games
3,535
Lane
Top
Tier
All Tiers
Last Updated
Oct 22, 2026 UTC
Methodology
Data Methodology
Author
Dakota Chinnick

The most-played Patch 26.20 Gnar build is Plated Steelcaps, Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage, Jak'Sho, The Protean, Thornmail, Oracle Lens: 6.27% of games, 57.97% win rate. Below are the boots, first items, starting items and summoner spells players pick most, each with its own win rate and game count.

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Most Played
Most Popular Build
  • Trinity Force - Gnar Most Popular Build core itemTrinity Force
  • Black Cleaver - Gnar Most Popular Build core itemBlack Cleaver
  • Sterak's Gage - Gnar Most Popular Build core itemSterak's Gage
Core Items
58.0%Win Rate
+9.5%WR Diff
6.3%Pick Rate
Alternative Build 1
  • Randuin's Omen - Gnar Alternative Build 1 core itemRanduin's Omen
  • Trinity Force - Gnar Alternative Build 1 core itemTrinity Force
  • Black Cleaver - Gnar Alternative Build 1 core itemBlack Cleaver
Core Items
53.4%Win Rate
+4.9%WR Diff
5.4%Pick Rate
Alternative Build 2
  • Wit's End - Gnar Alternative Build 2 core itemWit's End
  • Trinity Force - Gnar Alternative Build 2 core itemTrinity Force
  • Black Cleaver - Gnar Alternative Build 2 core itemBlack Cleaver
Core Items
52.2%Win Rate
+3.7%WR Diff
5.9%Pick Rate
Alternative Build 3
  • Trinity Force - Gnar Alternative Build 3 core itemTrinity Force
  • Thornmail - Gnar Alternative Build 3 core itemThornmail
  • Black Cleaver - Gnar Alternative Build 3 core itemBlack Cleaver
Core Items
51.1%Win Rate
+2.6%WR Diff
4.7%Pick Rate

Best Gnar Build - Highest Win Rate Items

Full Build

Early Build Order

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward
Pickaxe
Pickaxe
Tunneler
Tunneler
Ruby Crystal
Ruby Crystal
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Boots
Boots
Cloth Armor
Cloth Armor
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps

Top Summoner Spells

  • FlashTeleport
    Flash + Teleport
    60.0%Win Rate74.6%Pick Rate
  • FlashIgnite
    Flash + Ignite
    51.8%Win Rate19.0%Pick Rate

Build Stats

57.97%Win Rate
+9.48%WR Diff
6.27%Pick Rate
295Matches

This Gnar build focuses on a balanced mix of offense and defense. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.

The core items for this Gnar build are Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, and Sterak's Gage. This item combination achieves a 58.0% win rate across 295 matches analyzed.

At full build, Gnar gains a total of 81 AD, 1633 Health, 145 Armor, and 45 MR, giving a strong power profile for physical damage.

Best Gnar Runes

Resolve primary rune treeResolve
  • Grasp of the Undying
  • Demolish
  • Bone Plating
  • Overgrowth
Precision secondary rune treePrecision
  • Triumph
  • Legend: Alacrity
  • Attack Speed
  • Adaptive Force
  • Health Scaling
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Gnar Abilities

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Gnar build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Health. Lower in: Magic Damage.

The most popular starting items for Gnar are Doran's Blade, Health Potion, Stealth Ward with a 65.1% win rate and 29.1% pick rate.

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward
65.1%Win Rate
29.1%Pick Rate
Doran's Bow
Doran's Bow
Health Potionx2
Health Potion
41.4%Win Rate
9.8%Pick Rate
These are Gnar's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Trinity Force (48.3% WR, -0.2% WR diff, 74.7% pick rate) provides 333 Health, 36 AD, 0.3% AS. Black Cleaver (51.0% WR, +2.6% WR diff, 57.8% pick rate) provides 400 Health, 45 AD. Sterak's Gage (54.7% WR, +6.2% WR diff, 23.3% pick rate) provides 400 Health. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
  • Trinity Force S Tier
    Trinity Force - 3,333 gold - Gnar core item

    Trinity Force

    3,333 3,333
    48.31%Win Rate
    -0.18%WR Diff
    74.65%Pick Rate
  • Black Cleaver S Tier
    Black Cleaver - 3,000 gold - Gnar core item

    Black Cleaver

    3,000 3,000
    51.05%Win Rate
    +2.56%WR Diff
    57.79%Pick Rate
  • Sterak's Gage S Tier
    Sterak's Gage - 3,200 gold - Gnar core item

    Sterak's Gage

    3,200 3,200
    54.73%Win Rate
    +6.24%WR Diff
    23.31%Pick Rate
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Gnar players complete Trinity Force first in 72% of games, winning 48.2% of them. The median first item is finished at 14:00 (25th to 75th percentile: 12:18 to 16:00).

First item

BuildWin RatePick RateDone atGames
Trinity Force
48.2%72.4%14:002,382
Black Cleaver
50.7%13.9%14:36458
Blade of The Ruined King
47.0%3.5%13:48115

First two items

BuildWin RatePick RateDone atGames
Black CleaverWit's End
63.8%1.6%21:0647
Trinity ForceBlack Cleaver
50.9%42.6%21:541,216
Trinity ForceWit's End
53.1%8.4%21:42239

Three-item core

BuildWin RatePick RateDone atGames
Trinity ForceBlack CleaverSterak's Gage
60.6%14.1%27:54259
Trinity ForceWit's EndBlack Cleaver
66.7%3.4%27:5463
Black CleaverWit's EndThornmail
71.4%1.1%26:1221

Stages keep purchase order, so "A then B" and "B then A" are counted separately. Completion time is the minute the last item of the stage was bought. Boots are tracked separately.

Large sampleBased on 3,291 matches. That is a large enough sample for these numbers to be reliable.

Gnar players max Q > W > E in 91% of games, winning 47.8% of the 3,098 games that followed that order. The grid shows the most common ability at every level.

Skill priorityQ - Boomerang Throw / Boulder TossQW - Hyper / WallopWE - Hop / CrunchE
Level123456789101112131415161718
Q12345
W12345
E12345
R123
  • Q > E > W: 5% of games, 50.0% win rate
  • W > Q > E: 3% of games, 50.5% win rate
Large sampleBased on 3,391 matches. That is a large enough sample for these numbers to be reliable.
Top situational items for Gnar include Jak'Sho, The Protean, Thornmail. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
  • Jak'Sho, The Protean S Tier
    Jak'Sho, The Protean - 3,200 gold - Gnar situational item

    Jak'Sho, The Protean

    3,200 3,200
    58.10%Win Rate
    +9.61%WR Diff
    5.06%Pick Rate
  • Thornmail S Tier
    Thornmail - 2,450 gold - Gnar situational item

    Thornmail

    2,450 2,450
    49.25%Win Rate
    +0.76%WR Diff
    17.06%Pick Rate
The best boots for Gnar are Plated Steelcaps. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
  • Plated Steelcaps S Tier
    Plated Steelcaps - 1,200 gold - Gnar boots

    Plated Steelcaps

    1,200 1,200
    47.78%Win Rate
    -0.71%WR Diff
    52.22%Pick Rate
The recommended trinket for Gnar is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.
  • Oracle Lens S Tier
    Oracle Lens - Gnar trinket for vision control

    Oracle Lens

    0 0
    52.04%Win Rate
    +3.55%WR Diff
    9.02%Pick Rate

Combined statistics from all items in this Gnar build.

  • Total armorArmor:145
  • Total movement speedMovement Speed:45
  • Total healthHealth:1633
  • Total attack damageAttack Damage:81
  • Total attack speedAttack Speed:30%
  • Total magic resistanceMagic Resistance:45

Build Comparison

Best WR
Most Played
Alt 1
Alt 2
Gnar armorArmor
145
150
75
175
Gnar movement speedSpeed
45
45
45
45
Gnar healthHealth
1633
1633
1483
1633
Gnar attack damageAD
81
81
81
81
Gnar attack speedAS
0.3%
0.3%
0.8%
0.3%
Gnar magic resistanceMR
45
20
65
0
When facing Gnar's top counters like Malphite, Illaoi, Aatrox, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize magic resistance items against AP threats in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Focus on completing your core damage items before heavily investing in defensive situational items, as Gnar needs sufficient damage to remain a threat in counter matchups. Adapt your final build slots with items like Jak'Sho, The Protean or Thornmail based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Gnar performance.
durable frontlinerFirst Power Spike3,333gTrinity Force at 14:00 (median)

This Gnar durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. Its 58.0% win rate comes from only 295 games, so treat it as an observation rather than a proven edge. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation and substantial health pool for survivability. This tanky Gnar build works best when your team lacks frontline presence. You can absorb damage and create opportunities for your carries to deal damage. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. With a total gold cost of 16,383, this Gnar build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, and Sterak's Gage power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Gnar build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.

Strengths

  • Strong physical damage mitigation
  • Substantial health pool for survivability

Gnar Top Boots, Starting Items & Summoner Spells (Patch 26.20)

3,372 games

Most Gnar Top players rush Trinity Force first (72% of games), finished at a median of 14.0 minutes. Plated Steelcaps are the usual boots (55%). The standard summoner spells are Flash + Teleport (70%). The game usually starts with Doran's Blade + Health Potion + Stealth Ward.

Gnar boots

OptionPlayersWin RateGames
Plated SteelcapsPlated SteelcapsMost played54.7%47.8%1,844
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads31.3%50.2%1,057
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness5.8%46.7%195
Berserker's GreavesBerserker's Greaves2.6%46.5%86

Gnar starting items

OptionPlayersWin RateGames
Doran's BladeHealth PotionStealth WardDoran's Blade + Health Potion + Stealth WardMost played26.6%46.9%897
Doran's BladeHealth PotionDoran's Blade + Health Potion26.6%49.3%896
Doran's ShieldHealth PotionDoran's Shield + Health Potion10.5%50.6%354
Doran's BowHealth PotionDoran's Bow + Health Potion ×210.4%46.2%351

Gnar summoner spells

OptionPlayersWin RateGames
FlashTeleportFlash + TeleportMost played69.7%48.6%2,349
FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite22.5%46.0%758
ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash4.8%46.0%163
FlashGhostFlash + Ghost1.2%50.0%40

Every option is listed with its own pick rate, win rate and game count from ranked games this patch. Options under 40 games are left out.

Gnar First Item and Core Build Timing

Which item Gnar players finish first and which three-item core they build, with the median completion minute and the middle 50% of games — the timing to beat if you want to spike before your opponent.

First completed item

ItemsFinishedPlayersWin RateGames
Trinity Force Trinity Force14.0 min
12.3-16.0 min
72.4%48.3%2,381
Black Cleaver Black Cleaver14.6 min
12.8-17.0 min
13.9%50.8%457
Blade of The Ruined King Blade of The Ruined King13.8 min
11.9-15.7 min
3.5%47.0%115
Wit's End Wit's End14.7 min
12.1-16.5 min
2.9%43.8%96
Heartsteel Heartsteel13.4 min
11.8-15.5 min
2.8%46.2%93

Three-item core

ItemsFinishedPlayersWin RateGames
Trinity ForceBlack CleaverSterak's Gage Trinity Force → Black Cleaver → Sterak's Gage27.9 min
25.4-30.5 min
14.1%60.6%259
Trinity ForceBlack CleaverRanduin's Omen Trinity Force → Black Cleaver → Randuin's Omen27.1 min
25.1-29.5 min
11.0%54.2%203
Trinity ForceWit's EndBlack Cleaver Trinity Force → Wit's End → Black Cleaver27.9 min
25.0-30.7 min
3.4%66.7%63

Every Gnar Top Item by Win Rate

The completed items Gnar players build most this patch, with the share of games each one appears in and its win rate. Situational items sit low in pick rate for a reason — read the win rate next to the game count.

OptionPlayersWin RateGames
Trinity ForceTrinity ForceMost played78.2%48.3%2,638
Black CleaverBlack Cleaver60.5%51.1%2,041
Wit's EndWit's End24.5%52.6%825
Sterak's GageSterak's Gage24.4%54.8%823
Randuin's OmenRanduin's Omen19.0%53.2%641
ThornmailThornmail17.9%49.3%602
Blade of The Ruined KingBlade of The Ruined King10.4%48.9%352
Jak'Sho, The ProteanJak'Sho, The Protean5.3%58.1%179
Force of NatureForce of Nature5.2%52.9%174
HeartsteelHeartsteel3.5%51.3%119
HullbreakerHullbreaker2.2%51.4%74
Kaenic RookernKaenic Rookern1.8%50.8%61

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Gnar's most-built items
Your build (4/6)
Trinity ForceBlack CleaverSterak's GagePlated Steelcaps
Total gold10,733

This core is in our ranked data: 60.6% win rate over 259 games.

Total stats from items
Attack Damage
81
Health
1,133
Armor
25
Ability Haste
35
Attack Speed
30%
Move Speed
45

See Also

Gnar vs MalphiteGnar vs IllaoiGnar vs AatroxIs Gnar Good?Gnar RunesGnar Skill Order & CooldownsGnar Base StatsGnar CountersGnar MatchupsGnar SynergiesHow to Play GnarGnar ARAM StatsGnar Arena StatsAll ItemsChampion Tier List

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