I'm a Gnar main, and every time I play him I almost always carry. He has great harassment with the new buffs to him, and has great teamfight with his Mega Gnar, especially when it hits late game, so why isn't he more popular? He literally shreds through most top lane champions since a lot of them are melee, wouldn't he be a must pick? halp.
VesperNadal5 votesGnar: Short for Gnarbage. Gnarbage is a failed experimental concept put forth by Riot games. Upon release Gnarbage generated much outrage and backlash among the League of Legends community.
Crippled by a very strict and predictable build path, weak base damage and defenses, an ultimate that is only activateable situationally, and a shallow and annoying personality the initial release of this champion was a disaster. Riot would attempt to balance Gnarbage on multiple occasions but it would end in futility as Gnarbage just cannot be balanced due to numerous errors in his design.
Riot has ultimately given up on the Gnarbage experiment and have given him the Yorick treatment hoping that by ignoring him long enough he will cease to exist.
Mannny1 votesGnar can build tank and ad. That isn't strict at all, you can build almost any tank item on him and it will work well with his kit. His W passive allows him to dish our more damage and his R can be activated at almost any time and most likely when you E into a fight and R, they wont have time to react, but your team will. He isn't that bad, and based off of what current top lane champions are "meta" he stands out in a good way.
VesperNadal1 votesGnar can build tank and ad. That isn't strict at all, you can build almost any tank item on him and it will work well with his kit. His W passive allows him to dish our more damage and his R can be activated at almost any time and most likely when you E into a fight and R, they wont have time to react, but your team will. He isn't that bad, and based off of what current top lane champions are "meta" he stands out in a good way.
Builds full tank and can't clear minion waves efficiently or out duel people. Tank mini-Gnar sucks. Build full damage and then he gets blown up every time he goes in as mega-Gnar his team fighting suffers He must follow a set build path that combines AD and tank or else he cannot do his job correctly. So yes, he does have a strict and predictable item path. His R is only active when in mega form when his rage bar is full. You don't know what you're talking about. He is bad in that there is nothing in his kit that makes people say "wow, only Gnar can do this. What a great champ!" I witness a Gnar lock in and my immediate thoughts are "how bad will this guy feed the enemy Jax" and "how many times will this Gnar fuck over my team in this game? I really hope its not in the double digits this time around." Sorry, he is still the worst champ in the game.
Mannny2 votesCant clear waves? It doesnt take that many minions to get mega Gnar, and he can shift between them really well. He can clear waves pretty fast in mega form, and his W passive lets him out duel many champions, especially if he kits them, and if you build full AD Gnar, jump in and wonder why you just got deleted then you are dumb. You look for the right moment to jump into a fight and R, and many other champs like Teemo, Quinn, and Naut all rely on a single ability to be useful.
LemurMonster1 voteslol Really? To this day we see him being pro-played. A well played gnar still can destroy games.
VesperNadal1 voteslol Really? To this day we see him being pro-played. A well played gnar still can destroy games.
Pro players can make attack speed Zac work. They can beat you with AD Soraka. They can make full tank Talon part of the new meta. Still doesn't change that Gnar is rock bottom tier champion material.
LemurMonster1 votesThere is no reasoning with you it seems. I just see nothing but mindless hate for the champ after seeing your posts around the board. So there is no point going on.
Taric the Gay3 votesGnar is not popular because Gnar does not have an unrivaled fashion sense. Lion cloths are so 2000 B.C. and Gnar just cannot keep up with the latest fashion trends. Gems are in, loin cloths are out.
Darkslayer851 votesGnar main here, and I agree.
OurLestrade2 votesThe painfully irritating sounds he makes gives you headaches.
KalkiKrosah2 votesGnar is weird. I don't like the feel of him. He's a hybrid ranged/melee like Jayce but Jayce has better and more reliable functionality. Gnar is resourceless as his only redeeming quality. Ranged champions like Urgot, Quinn and Teemo play top lane better. Champions like Mundo, Volibear, and Maokai are more immovable. Champions like Riven, Tryndamere, Jax and Nasus have better carry potential. There's nothing really unique or worthwhile about the champ. He's just above Aatrox in viability in my eyes. I don't play him because there are far better options out there.
Mannny1 votesThe thing that Nasus, Volibear and Maokai lack is that they can get easily kited. Harder to kite Maokai, but still, Gnar can kite people really easily. Gnar can win trades in lane pretty easy due to this, and can tower dive the minute he gets mega Gnar and kill them, or they have to back. I would agree Quinn and Teemo are probably better choices when it comes to trading, but their all equivilent when it comes to being lane bullies.
KalkiKrosah2 votesThe thing that Nasus, Volibear and Maokai lack is that they can get easily kited. Harder to kite Maokai, but still, Gnar can kite people really easily. Gnar can win trades in lane pretty easy due to this, and can tower dive the minute he gets mega Gnar and kill them, or they have to back. I would agree Quinn and Teemo are probably better choices when it comes to trading, but their all equivilent when it comes to being lane bullies.
Volibear gets kited yes, but not so much the other two. Gnar can only kite if he is in mini form. I would much rather have a tank or a fighter top lane than a "kiting marksman" but again Quinn and Teemo and Graves and Jayce all kite better. Gnar tower dives generally fail because while he is slightly tankier he is much slower. Gnar often gets killed trying to escape the tower aggro range because he jumped too far in. Sure Gnar's ganking ally finishes off the target but often Gnar dies too. And if the enemy laner gets the kill on Gnar is actually sets Gnar behind not ahead which often happens in the early game. I just think that Gnar just isn't as good as people think he is. He looks great on paper but in reality he is only a step or two above Aatrox.
Leeerzeichen1 votesSame as Rumble, the new toplane meta with adcs or insane damage tanks isn't that good for him.
TouchpadExpert1 votesI hate Gnar for how predictable he is and how he's not really a tank nor is he a marksman. I guess he is considered a fighter but even that label is a stretch. So because he is neither a tank nor a marksman you have to get someone who is a legitimate tank 100% of the time and your mid laner or jungler needs to be AP.
That and every Gnar I see mucks up their team with their ultimate. Just the other day an enemy Morgana locked up 3 of my teammates and Gnar throws them out of the shackle range. This play cost his team the game. This sort of thing happens all the time. It's gotten to the point where I will dodge every time I see one in my lobby.
Darkslayer851 votesI play him jungle.
