How to win lane as Gnar against Vayne · 48.28% win rate (1,160 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dive her early — Mega-CC her, all-in early.
Track: Vayne's E — Condemn (20–12s cooldown). Wall-stun. Don’t get pinned.
Read from Gnar's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vayne.
This is Gnar's own plan; across 1,160 pooled games the lane is leaning Vayne.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Mini's ranged auto plus a Boomerang wins the first trade — her Silver Bolts and tumble have no payoff at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | The level-2 Hyper third-hit proc and its move-speed burst land a free chunk and shove before she can kite back. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Pure form RNG — a Mega Wallop stun wins it, but a Mini body with Rage on cooldown gets tumble-kited and chipped. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | You gain no new spell at 6; with Mega up you wall-combo for a kill, without it you concede the window and just poke. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Whether you win mid is entirely your Rage bar, not her cooldowns — that coin-flip is what keeps the stretch even. |
| First item | Vayne | Her first crit item and three-stack Silver Bolts start converting while your Mini auto-harass stops being free — the lane tilts to her. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | Three-stack Silver Bolts true damage ignores your Mega bulk and Condemn pins you to a wall — she reclaims the duel and out-scales hard. |
Vayne is a kiter, but levels 1-3 you out-range her: lead with a Mini auto and Boomerang, then at 2 the Hyper third-hit proc and its move-speed burst let you stick a chunky free trade and shove. She has no Silver Bolts payoff yet — only one or two stacks land in a short trade — and her Q tumble just resets her auto, it does not save her from poke that already connected. Punish every CS she reaches for, but never chase past Boomerang range into a tumble.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Gnar's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Gnar vs Vayne 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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Vayne, slightly — Gnar wins 48.28% of 1,160 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Vayne has a small statistical edge (51.72% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Vayne has the slight edge (Gnar wins 48.28%), though it stays close.
Gnar takes Grasp of the Undying on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Vayne.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Stridebreaker (stick + waveclear) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.
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