How to win lane as Gnar against Warwick · 50.2% win rate over 504 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Warwick is a dashless melee, so your ranged Mini autos and Boomerang slow win the first trade with nothing given back. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | A Hyper third-hit proc plus a Boomerang is a free chunk-and-shove before his Q heal and Blood Hunt come online. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | You stay favored kiting with the Q slow and Hyper speed, but Blood Hunt starts to let him close, so the edge is thin. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Genuinely even: strong when Rage lines up for a Wallop stun, a liability when you're caught in Mini with Rage down as he Blood Hunts in. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 Infinite Duress suppresses you through the Mini-to-Mega transition; with Mega up you wall-combo, without it you concede, pure form timing. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your bruiser-bridge spike keeps pace, but his sustain items match it, so the lane stays a coin-flip on whose cooldowns are up. |
| Two+ items | Warwick | He out-scales the duel: missing-HP healing, Blood Hunt chase and a guaranteed R suppress overtake your form-dependent burst, so pivot to the GNAR! wall-combo teamfight. |
Levels 1-3 are mine: Warwick is a dashless melee, so my ranged Mini autos plus one Boomerang slow win the first trade for free, and at 2 a Hyper third-hit proc on top of a Boomerang is a chunky shove he can't answer before his Q heal and Blood Hunt come online. Don't over-extend chasing the chip, though: once Blood Hunt triggers on a low target he gets a burst of move speed, and his Eternal Hunger passive heals him harder the more HP you've taken. Poke, slow with Q, kite with Hyper's speed, and watch your Rage bar so you're never caught flat in Mini.
The full Gnar vs Warwick 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.
Become a Founding Member — $1.99/month →🔒 Secure checkout · 💰 7-day money-back guarantee · ✋ Cancel anytime
Early Access price — $3.99/month for new members after launch.
Playing the other side? Warwick vs Gnar guide →
All Gnar top lane matchups →