Gnar vs Camille — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Gnar against Camille · 47.98% win rate (421 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Camille is slightly favoured — Gnar wins 47.98% of 421 games, and Camille pressures 5 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

Kite her E — boomerang-poke, Mega-peel her all-in.

Track: Camille's E — Hookshot (16–12s cooldown). Her engage/stun. Kite the range.

Do

  • Boomerang-poke from range
  • Kite her E range
  • Mega-peel her all-in

Don't

  • Get E-stunned into her combo
  • Fight near walls
  • Transform too late

Runes & build vs Camille

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts her healing
First item
Stridebreaker (stick + waveclear)
Then
Sterak's Gage
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Grasp of the Undying (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Gnar's game plan

Read from Gnar's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Camille.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1GnarMini's ranged autos and a Boomerang slow let you win the first trade before her E wall-dash stun exists — punish her now.
Level 2CamilleOnce her E is online she dashes off a wall and stuns onto your squishy Mini body — she owns the trade unless Mega is up.
Level 3CamilleShe kites your Boomerang with her E dash and recharges Q for a second true-damage hit faster than you can poke, so she controls level-3 tempo.
Levels 4-5CamilleIf Rage is on cooldown when she E-dashes in, you're a fragile ranged target with no escape — her window, not yours.
Level 6CamilleHer R walls you into a 1v1 her true-damage Q wins, and you can't answer without Mega up for a Wallop or wall-fling.
First itemCamilleSheen amplifies her Q true-damage proc and Trinity's move speed lets her chase your Mini form — one pick snowballs her lead.
Two+ itemsEven / skillEven late your wall-ult engage matches her dueling, but she reclaims the isolated 1v1 with her Trinity scaling — too close to call.

How to beat Camille as Gnar: the early game

Level 1-2 is your window — Mini's ranged autos plus a Boomerang slow and the third-hit Hyper move-speed proc let you chunk her before her E wall-dash stun is even leveled, so trade hard and shove. The danger starts the moment she has E: she can dash to a wall and stun onto your squishy Mini body, so don't sit in melee range poking once she hits 3. Throw Boomerang from max range, catch the return for the cooldown refund, and respect that her Q recharges fast for a second empowered true-damage hit and her W cone heals back anything you chip.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Gnar in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Gnar's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Gnar vs Camille report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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Common questions

Who wins Gnar vs Camille in top lane?

Camille, slightly — Gnar wins 47.98% of 421 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Gnar vs Camille a skill matchup?

Mostly — Camille has a small statistical edge (52.02% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Gnar counter Camille?

No — if anything Camille has the slight edge (Gnar wins 47.98%), though it stays close.

What runes does Gnar take vs Camille?

Gnar takes Grasp of the Undying on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Camille.

What should Gnar build vs Camille?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts her healing. Build Stridebreaker (stick + waveclear) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.

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