How to win lane as Zac against Gnar · 55.07% win rate over 138 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Mini-Gnar's Boomerang Throw and Hyper out-range your level-1 Q, so early poke is his. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | At level 2 Gnar still kites you with range and stacks passive damage you can't answer. |
| Level 3 | Gnar | Level 3 keeps Gnar ahead — his poke and Rage building outpace your short trades. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zac | By level 4 your two Q charges plus Elastic Slingshot give you a genuine all-in window. |
| Level 6 | Gnar | Level 6 is Gnar's peak: a full Rage bar into GNAR! wall-slam plus stun overwhelms you. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is a coinflip on his Rage timing, so it reads as even skill. |
| Two+ items | Zac | With items your R engage, blob passive and tankiness outscale a wall-dependent Gnar. |
Mini-Gnar out-ranges you at levels 1-2 with Boomerang Throw and Hyper stacks, so eat minions and don't chase — your Q is too short to trade profitably yet.
The full Zac 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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