How to win lane as Gnar against Pantheon · 53.22% win rate over 481 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | At level 1 his thrown Comet Spear out-pokes your fragile Mini and his W stun-dash lets him stick — he genuinely owns the lane's opening before your Rage comes online. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | Your level-2 Hyper third-hit plus a Boomerang is a free ranged chunk his short-cooldown Q can't trade back — you own level 2 and the shove. |
| Level 3 | Gnar | You keep kiting with Boomerang slow and Hyper move speed while his Shield Vault stun is his only gap-close — hold Mini range and he can't reach you. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Volatile window: with Mega banked a Wallop stun wins, but if Rage is down his W-stun all-in punishes your squishy Mini — track your transform. |
| Level 6 | Gnar | He only gains global R top-side at 6 while you gain the GNAR! wall-combo — with Mega up you flip him into terrain for the kill. |
| First item | Gnar | Your Mini poke keeps chipping while his early burst falls off a cliff into items — kite him out and snowball the lead. |
| Two+ items | Gnar | He's a spent early bully once items land; your kiting and teamfight wall-GNAR! outscale him — just respect his global R roams. |
Pantheon is the one bully who genuinely contests your early. His thrown Comet Spear (Q) out-pokes your Mini autos at level 1, and his W (Shield Vault) is a point-click dash that stuns and lets him stick to you — so don't sit in his face as a fragile Mini before Hyper and your Rage bar are online. Once you hit level 2 the lane flips: land your W Hyper third-hit on him plus a Boomerang and you win a chunky ranged trade his short-cooldown Q can't answer, then shove and reset. Track his W cooldown — that stun-dash is the only tool that lets him close on you, so never let him land it while you're a fragile Mini with no Mega banked.
The full Gnar vs Pantheon 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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