How to win lane as Gnar against Yasuo · 52.75% win rate over 1,020 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Mini's ranged autos plus a Boomerang win the first trade, and his only commit is dashing off a minion onto your range. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | A point in Hyper plus Boomerang lands a free poke-and-slow at Level 2 that his crit autos can't trade back into. |
| Level 3 | Gnar | You kite with Boomerang's slow and Hyper's third-hit move speed; his minion-dash can't catch a Mini that just holds range. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gnar | If Rage lines up, Mega Wallop's line stun or an R wall-fling beats his dash-and-Windwall pattern outright. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 Gnar gains no new spell — the all-in is even and decided purely by whether Mega is up when he commits. |
| First item | Gnar | Mini's ranged poke keeps the lead — chip him on the long Windwall cooldown and he can't shove or trade back. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Full-crit Yasuo with Windwall blanks your ranged form and his tornado-into-R all-in reclaims the duel at two items. |
Mini Gnar abuses range Yasuo can only answer with Windwall (W), which blocks your Boomerang and your ranged autos — so never dump a Q into a held wall. Throw Boomerang on an angle, or after he's already burned W dashing on a minion, and catch it on the return for the cooldown refund and slow. By Level 2, a point in Hyper (W) plus a Boomerang is a free chunk he can't trade back into, and you simply walk away in Mini since his only gap-closer is dashing off minions — there's nothing to dash onto if you hold range.
The full Gnar vs Yasuo 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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