How to win lane as Teemo against Gnar · 55.17% win rate over 522 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Teemo | Mini-Gnar is a level-1 auto-trader with zero sustain — your E poison and auto-poke set the damage lead before he can complete a boomerang return cycle. |
| Level 2 | Teemo | Blinding Shot erase his auto window on the boomerang return, and Move Quick outruns his short W hop — you win every trade he tries to start in these two levels. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Both of you have your full kits and he gains the W hop escape he was missing, so the trade pattern becomes more symmetrical — take only clean blind-first exchanges. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | His boomerang poke is consistent and he can direct his W hop to dodge mushrooms more reliably — you control the wave but cannot freely run him down, so bank leads patiently. |
| Level 6 | Gnar | Level 6 lets him choose when to transform and GNAR! wall-slam you — one CC chain at low HP is lethal, and his rage stacks faster in trades, giving him a kill-threat button you cannot match. |
| First item | Even / skill | Liandry's Angueur is a meaningful spike but Gnar's first item (Trinity Force or Frozen Mallet) gives him a CC-enhanced all-in that punishes any overextension — the window is even rather than clean Teemo dominance. |
| Two+ items | Gnar | A scaled Mega-Gnar with two items can one-shot you off a single rage transformation; your mushroom net and split-push threat matter more than the 1v1, which he wins. |
Mini-Gnar is a ranged auto-trader with a boomerang that has to travel back to him — the moment he throws Boomerang Throw, walk toward him so he cannot catch the return, force a trade, and let your E poison tick while he stands there autoless. Blinding Shot pre-emptively erases his auto window: throw Q the instant his boomerang leaves his hand so the blind lands on the return attempt. His W hop is short and directional — it does not let him chase you, so a W-boosted Move Quick retreat beats it clean. Keep the wave on your side of the river and do NOT stack his GNAR! meter by letting him take free chip shots — each auto he lands accelerates rage.
The full Teemo 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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