How to win lane as Pantheon against Gnar · 52.16% win rate over 903 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | At level 1 your point-and-click W stun plus a Q tap is one of the strongest openers in the game, and mini-Gnar has no boomerang spacing yet to kite it. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | By level 2 mini-Gnar's Boomerang Throw (Q) out-ranges your Q and the returning hit double-dips, so he pokes you before your W can close. |
| Level 3 | Gnar | At level 3 he kites with Hyper hops and boomerang while your W is your only gap-close — whiff it and you eat free harass with no kill threat. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 are a wash: you control space when his boomerang is down, but he resets distance with hops the moment you commit, so neither side lands a clean kill. |
| Level 6 | Gnar | Your R is built for cross-map roams, not pinning Gnar — and his filling rage bar means your level-6 all-in risks walking into mega-Gnar's GNAR! (R) stun. |
| First item | Gnar | At first item his boomerang poke and transform burst out-trade your plateauing damage, and your short W is too telegraphed to catch him. |
| Two+ items | Gnar | Gnar hard out-scales you: full-build boomerang poke plus mega-form AoE stun bursts your squishy frame before your shields can do anything. |
Level 1 you are king — your point-and-click W stun plus a Q tap is the strongest opener here, so look for that trade before mini-Gnar finds boomerang spacing. But the moment he has range, he kites: do not chase his hops across the wave, and respect that a returning Boomerang Throw (Q) double-dips on you. Your E directional block can eat a boomerang if you channel into it, but you cannot pin him down for a kill the way you can an immobile melee.
The full Pantheon vs Gnar 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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