I feel like Gnar may already be a little too strong. His early game poke is crazy strong due to his q being spamable and his w doing % dmg. His q isn't necessarily the problem either. It's most definitely his w though. I also feel like gnar has crazy amount of cc and chase potential which is a little odd seeing the two of those together. It feels like it might be a little over bearing for the opponent. It gives them almost no room to get away.
I agree that he does have a lot of Chase potential and CC however when it comes to his Damage and other aspects. Gnar has 440 Base attack range which (other than urgot) is the lowest attack range for a ranged champion in the game. So poking him back as ANYONE is quite honestly the easiest thing. Most of his damage comes from actually landing abilities or autos on his opponent and with such a short attack range it is actually quite easy to harass him right back for more damage. Example: Boomerang And Two autos will do probably 25% hp if you are lucky. and playing someone like darius who has an E range of 540 can easily punish Gnar for more damage. Also Darius Q is 425 range so taking one step to close and you get the full damage of the attack. Gnar is all about meaningful trades when it comes to play, timing when your passive is up in order to make a significant trade is the most important part of playing Gnar. Otherwise you will get demolished. If you ask me I actually feel Gnar will lose a majority of trades unless his passive helps him out which is all about learning the champion. So far the champ is looking "Balanced" to some degree anyway. Once Gnar gets the items he needs then he scales great. Think of him like a ranged Jax without the stun until the passive proc anyway.
Gnar is really squishy so even though he does a lot of damage he takes a lot in return you just cant be afraid to fight back. Also most of his CC is tied to his extremely immobile melee form, unless you gap closed with his ultimate (which you shouldnt allow) its almost impossible for him to land one of his 2 slow skillshots on a competent opponent afterwards.
His base stats are aweful
the thing is he's designed in a way where in mini form has little armor and magic resist but large movement speed and large attack speed and his big gnar form has massive damage and is super tankey but you can literally walk away from him
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