How to win lane as Gnar against Heimerdinger · 50.28% win rate over 179 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Before his nest is up Heimer is a squishy ranged target — your Mini autos plus a Boomerang out-trade his single turret and W rockets at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | The third Hyper hit (bonus magic damage and a move-speed burst) plus a Boomerang let you chunk him hard while his turrets aren't stacked — his weakest window. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Volatile and skill-dependent: you spike when Rage lines up for a Mega Wallop, but you're a liability stuck in Mini while his nest and E minefield zone you off the wave. |
| Levels 4-5 | Heimerdinger | Once two turrets are planted his E minefield stun plus rocket poke out-zone Mini Gnar — trade only around the minefield's cooldown, never facecheck. |
| Level 6 | Gnar | If Mega is up, GNAR! pins the dash-less Heimer into a wall for the longer stun and a kill — bait his Flash first, since it's his only escape. |
| First item | Heimerdinger | His completed turret nest matches your Mega spike — without Rage banked his zoning out-trades you, so only commit on the E minefield's cooldown. |
| Two+ items | Heimerdinger | Full-AP Heimer with a three-turret nest and his ult-upgraded turret out-sieges you; your form-dependent burst falls off while his nest scales, so close early. |
Levels 1-2 are mine if I'm fast: before he stacks a turret nest Heimer is just a squishy ranged champ, and my Mini autos plus a Boomerang and the third-hit Hyper proc out-chunk his lone turret and W rockets. Don't do it standing in turret beams, and never walk up while his E minefield (CH-3X-K, the stun) is laid — that stun pins my fragile Mini body for a full turret focus. Bank the early lead, last-hit at Boomerang range, and respect that his poke out-ranges mine the moment two turrets are down.
The full Gnar vs Heimerdinger 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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