"because everyone knows gnars need to be nothing but tanks, because clearly mini gnar does no damage and its just an empty husk to wait out for the great tank of mega gnar.......learn to play gnar"
Stop telling gnars to build tank and solely tank.......yes we can be tank but most of our damage comes from mini gnar. Mega gnar is a bonus damage dealing Godzilla, not a ape tank to be your slave.
YumaS2Astral1 votesI used to like rushing a Blade of the Ruined King on Gnar before the Black Cleaver rework, just because of the amazing synergy with Mini Gnar's W.
Radnar the bold1 votesI used to like rushing a Blade of the Ruined King on Gnar before the Black Cleaver rework, just because of the amazing synergy with Mini Gnar's W. I agree, that blade (before the black cleaver rework) was made for gnar, good ad, good life steal, and good attack speed......Bascially do damage, gain life back, and be an annoying little furl
YumaS2Astral1 votesThe problem with Blade of the Ruined King is that it is fantastic for Mini Gnar, but mediocre for Mega Gnar. Mega Gnar does not make use of attack speed at all and he is better of with cooldown reduction.
3TWarrior1 voteswhy not build hybrid? then you get nothing done XD lol, jk, but gnar is one of those niche champs, like yasuo, he needs tanky to carry but needs damage to carry too
Radnar the bold1 voteswhy not build hybrid? then you get nothing done XD lol, jk, but gnar is one of those niche champs, like yasuo, he needs tanky to carry but needs damage to carry too exactly, but the team will be like, okay your tank no because x x x can do damage even though some of them (like xin) can be a tank as well. I do go hybrid with gnar.
YumaS2Astral2 votesYou can (and most of time, you should) build tank early and then build a damage item later in the game.
A thing that I don't understand is why most people build 
on him. He is ranged. If you want an armor item, Randuin's Omen is much better. The only thing that Sunfire Cape has over Randuin's Omen is its waveclear, but... It's easy to clear waves with Mega Gnar' abilities.
3TWarrior1 votesunfortunately it's because the added damage is a bit too good to pass up for 250 health and 30 armor
around 30 extra damage per second can help you with chasing and chunking hp
I think the real issue though is that randuins doesn't hurt a lot of carries as much as it should, darius for instance, if he ever gets in range of a gnar (lol, flash wasted much?) can just burst right through it with his abilities and true damage. if gnar is bottom, caitlynn with counter his range with her own and outtrade him for ordinary range since she can hit from behind minions. middle lane...is that even a thing anymore? XD
Sightless661 votesbecause clearly mini gnar does no damage
Well, not really. He does do damage, but he'll do damage even without much in the way of damage items, and he doesn't get much extra damage from most damage items. That does give a pretty good reason to build very tanky.
BeatzBoyFTW1 votesWell if you're 2/12 by feeding a Riven top, then yes, I suggest you to be building tank if you can't sustain well fighting a fed Riven.
Radnar the bold1 votesWell if you're 2/12 by feeding a Riven top, then yes, I suggest you to be building tank if you can't sustain well fighting a fed Riven. well of course if you are getting your ass handed to you, but when you have been building ad gnar all game, and the adc complains and says, gnar build tank, even though you are doing a lot of damage as mini gnar.
aaronautumn1 votes"they haven't released a jesus gnar skin yet"
Swollwonder1 votesI highly question why you wouldn't build tank on him.
Meep Man1 votes
These are the items I usually aim for in around that order (maybe Sunfire Cape before Randuins). I usually finish with 
or 
depending on who I'm up against and how fed I am.
Building Gnar full tank is mainly done due to his W giving him really high base damage innately in Mini Form, but that also makes him not as useful in team fights since he usually doesn't need that much tank to get off his combo and deal his damage. He still needs some though, so yeah, a hybrid Tank-Damage build is suitable like... any Fighter.
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Building Gnar full tank is mainly done due to his W giving him really high base damage innately in Mini Form, but that also makes him not as useful in team fights since he usually doesn't need that much tank to get off his combo and deal his damage. He still needs some though, so yeah, a hybrid Tank-Damage build is suitable like... any Fighter.
I agree you have to make it a hybrid tank, but asking to make gnar a pure tank and nothing but tank is crazy. Being half fighter half tank makes it so you can be scary as mini gnar and needed at mega. But mega doesn't happen every team fight (sometimes it may change before, sometimes after, sometimes right in the team fight) so having this unpreditable tank means you just sit there, but the attack speed and damage help get to mega gnar as quick as possible.
C4KE1 votes Is basically the best item ever on Gnar. I only tend to build this as dmg unless I am very fed, in which case I will build a 
, If I need to I will rush a 
if they are beast mode ap mages. I tend to rush 
, and then build , followed by finishing out . At that point I like to build 
, as it is awesome on gnar. I normally stick with my core or 
. I don't build as I don't feel it fits him too well. Everything else is just situational 
. Tank Gnar is just the best, and this way you output a ton of damage too. With in mini Gnar, you do some dmg with that e proc. :)
AzureInTheDark1 votesNah man, you're ALL building Gnar wrong. AP Gnar is the only real Gnar. 
DoFr1 votesi think....i think you're taking this a bit too personal
Radnar the bold1 votesi think....i think you're taking this a bit too personal
Not really just tired of people yelling how to build your character and blaming you for how you build them. People have different builds how the like them, so let the people build what they want.