Everything for Gnar Top on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Gnar's win conditions.
Gnar is an AD bruiser in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a situational pick — a 50.1% win rate, 3.6% pick rate, 42,690 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Gnar holds a fairly even power curve, staying relevant at every stage rather than relying on a single timing.
How Gnar wins: landing engage and starting fights on Gnar's terms, and grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Gnar tips the fight. The kit grades 8/10 engage, 8/10 teamfighting.
The most-played core build is Trinity Force, Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage, which holds a 60.2% win rate across 3,317 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Swain, where Gnar sits at just 41.2%, and on the team side, Gnar gains the most from a Ashe (+10.2% pair win rate).
Gnar's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
Champions that beat Gnar Top the most this patch, anywhere on the enemy team. Top ban targets.
The teammates that make Gnar Top stronger this patch, measured by how much the pair's win rate beats Gnar going solo.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Gnar's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.