Gnarvs Zed
Gnar vs Zed is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Zed wins with a 57.1% win rate (+14.3%) over Gnar based on 7 games. Zed wins the early laning phase while Gnar scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Gnar build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Gnar vs Zed 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 Zed?
Gnar wins 62.5% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 30.6% and 86.3% (95% range).
- Expected
- 50.1% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- +12.4 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 8 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): 5 games, Gnar won 60.0%.
Key takeaways
- Only 8 Gnar vs Zed games were recorded in the Top role on patch 26.19 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
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 Zed 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 Zed Laning Stats
Only 8 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Gnar vs Zed Win Rate by Game Length
Gnar's win rate against Zed 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 Zed in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Gnar vs Zed 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)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Gnar Changes Against Zed
Only 8 games so far — too few to compare what Gnar players do in this matchup with their usual choices (needs 20).
Best Gnar Build vs Zed
Usual Gnar build (Top)
60.5% win rate · 195 games
Against Zed
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 0 of 8 Gnar games against Zed carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Gnar's standard build instead.
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 Zed
Usual Gnar runes (Top)
Lethal Tempo
51.4% win rate · 588 games
Against Zed
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
Hardest for Gnar
Easiest for Gnar
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 Zed FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Gnar vs Zed?
Only 8 Gnar vs Zed games were recorded in the Top role on patch 26.19 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
What is Gnar's win rate against Zed?
Gnar wins 62.5% of 8 Top games against Zed on patch 26.19 (95% range 30.6–86.3%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 50.1% would be expected.
Does Gnar counter Zed?
There are only 8 Gnar vs Zed games in this lane on patch 26.19 — too few to answer reliably yet.
Who wins lane, Gnar or Zed?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (8) to say who wins lane.
Does Gnar outscale Zed?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Zed strongest against Gnar?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Zed is ahead of Gnar beyond the margin of error.
What should Gnar build against Zed?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Gnar's usual Top core: Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage.
What runes should Gnar use against Zed?
Use Gnar's usual Lethal Tempo page (Precision + Resolve); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page.