How to win lane as Warwick against Gnar · 54.04% win rate over 446 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Warwick | Warwick's passive sustain and charged Q dominate a CC-less mini-Gnar at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is a skill window as Gnar's boomerang poke starts to answer your trades. |
| Level 3 | Warwick | At 3 your Blood Hunt speed and reset trades out-sustain Gnar's mini-form poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Warwick | Through 4-5 you can chase down and punish any low Gnar before he reaches Rage. |
| Level 6 | Warwick | Your level 6 Infinite Duress suppresses Gnar and drags him under tower for the kill. |
| First item | Gnar | At first item Mega Gnar's Rage-form stats and R wall-stun let him bully back. |
| Two+ items | Gnar | With items Mega Gnar's flip and tankiness out-scale your single-target engage. |
Level 1-2 is yours: Eternal Hunger passive sustain plus a charged Jaws of the Beast wins any short trade, and mini-Gnar has no reliable hard CC to punish you, so contest the wave and heal off minions freely.
The full Warwick 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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