Gnarvs Yasuo
Gnar vs Yasuo is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Yasuo wins with a 75.0% win rate (+50.0%) over Gnar based on 16 games. Yasuo holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Gnar build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Gnar vs Yasuo matchup.
Gnar Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Gnar performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Gnar vs Yasuo?
Gnar wins 34.0% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 22.7% and 47.4% (95% range).
- Expected
- 49.2% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- −15.2 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 53 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Mid): 3 games, Gnar won 0.0%.
Key takeaways
- Yasuo is favored in this matchup: Gnar wins 34.0% of 53 games, and the whole 95% range (22.7–47.4%) is on the same side of 50%.
- That is 15.2 points worse for Gnar than both champions' overall Top win rates predict (49.2%), so the matchup itself works against this pick.
- Yasuo usually wins the lane: 540 gold ahead of Gnar at 15 minutes on average (52 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Gnar players pick Plated Steelcaps far more often against Yasuo: 57.1% of their other Top games, 92.5% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Gnar and Yasuo played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Gnar's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Gnar vs Yasuo Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Gnar vs Yasuo Win Rate by Game Length
Gnar's win rate against Yasuo by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Gnar's results against Yasuo in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Gnar vs Yasuo Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)YasuoGnar gold at 15: −540
- First itemYasuoGnar: 14.7 min · Yasuo: 13.3 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Gnar Changes Against Yasuo
Choices Gnar players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually57.1%vs Yasuo92.5%+35.3 pts36.7% WR here
Mercury's TreadsBootsUsually29.8%vs Yasuo3.8%−26.0 pts
Wit's EndItemUsually24.1%vs Yasuo3.8%−20.3 pts
Black CleaverItemUsually59.0%vs Yasuo39.6%−19.4 pts42.9% WR here
Sterak's GageItemUsually28.6%vs Yasuo43.4%+14.8 pts43.5% WR here
Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsually7.3%vs Yasuo15.1%+7.8 pts
Ability Haste (offense)Stat shardUsually0.6%vs Yasuo3.8%+3.2 pts
Best Gnar Build vs Yasuo
Usual Gnar build (Top)
60.5% win rate · 195 games
Against Yasuo
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 5 of 22 Gnar games against Yasuo carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Gnar's standard build instead.
- Gnar usually completes Trinity Force first, at 14.7 min (median of 46 games).
- Yasuo usually completes Blade of The Ruined King first, at 13.3 min (median of 34 games).
- Skill priority: Q > W > E — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Gnar Runes vs Yasuo
Usual Gnar runes (Top)
Lethal Tempo
51.4% win rate · 588 games
Against Yasuo
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Gnar draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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Gnar matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Gnar's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Gnar build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Gnar Matchups
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Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Gnar vs Yasuo FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Gnar vs Yasuo?
Yasuo is favored in this matchup: Gnar wins 34.0% of 53 games, and the whole 95% range (22.7–47.4%) is on the same side of 50%.
What is Gnar's win rate against Yasuo?
Gnar wins 34.0% of 53 Top games against Yasuo on patch 26.19 (95% range 22.7–47.4%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 49.2% would be expected.
Does Gnar counter Yasuo?
No — it is the other way around: Gnar wins only 34.0% of 53 games against Yasuo, and the whole 95% range is below 50%.
Who wins lane, Gnar or Yasuo?
Yasuo usually wins the lane: 540 gold ahead of Gnar at 15 minutes on average (52 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Gnar outscale Yasuo?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Yasuo strongest against Gnar?
Yasuo is measurably ahead in: Lane (15 min), First item.
What should Gnar build against Yasuo?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Gnar's usual Top core: Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage. The biggest change against Yasuo: Plated Steelcaps (57.1% usually, 92.5% here).
What runes should Gnar use against Yasuo?
Use Gnar's usual Lethal Tempo page (Precision + Resolve); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Yasuo: Ability Haste (offense) (0.6% usually, 3.8% here).