How to win lane as Vayne against Gnar · 51.72% win rate over 1,160 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Mini Gnar out-ranges Vayne and his Hyper autos plus Boomerang chip her before Silver Bolts come online. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | Gnar keeps poking with empowered autos while Vayne still has no all-in at Level 2. |
| Level 3 | Gnar | Hop lets Gnar dodge Condemn and his ranged poke keeps Vayne pinned at Level 3. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gnar | Gnar still controls the Levels 4-5 tempo with poke and the looming Mega window. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At Level 6 it's a coinflip on the Rage bar — Mega threatens a kill, Mini can be dueled, so it's even skill. |
| First item | Gnar | Mega Gnar's wall-pin R and tankiness beat Vayne's single-item DPS ramp. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | With 2+ items Vayne's %-health Silver Bolts and Final Hour kiting out-scale Gnar's cooldown-gated Rage engages. |
Mini Gnar out-ranges you and his Hyper-empowered autos plus Boomerang (Q) poke chip you before Silver Bolts online — sit back and farm, you have no favourable trade at Levels 1-2.
The full Vayne 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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