How to win lane as Gnar against Kled · 50.65% win rate over 306 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Mini's ranged autos plus a Boomerang slow win the first trade and Kled has no answer until he commits a Q grab. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | Your Hyper third-hit speed and the Boomerang catch-refund stack free poke while Skaarl can only walk you down. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | He kites it even - a landed Beartrap-on-a-Rope can reel your squishy Mini in, so the dismount window is a coinflip on his Q. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gnar | At full Rage, Mega Wallop stuns his charge and a wall-pinned GNAR! is a kill, so level 6 is yours whenever Mega is up. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Gnar gains no spell at 6 while Kled keeps his Q-and-charge all-in, so a Mini window with Rage down lets his dismount delete you. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your first item keeps the poke-and-Wallop pattern alive, but his Skaarl remount matches your re-engage one-for-one. |
| Two+ items | Kled | Kled out-scales: his remount loop and Chaaaaaarge!!! reset the duel while your Rage-dependent burst flattens out at items. |
Kled wants to brawl at level 1-2, but that's exactly where Mini Gnar's range punishes him - auto, throw a Boomerang for the slow, and at 2 your Hyper third-hit speed plus the Boomerang catch-refund lets you stack chip he can't trade back while Skaarl can only walk at you. The trap to dodge is his Beartrap-on-a-Rope (Q): land or not, it's a skillshot, and if it hooks you it pulls you onto him and Skaarl's autos start ticking. Weave behind minions, sidestep the grab, and only step up to commit a Hyper proc when his Q is on cooldown.
The full Gnar vs Kled 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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