Gnar·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Gnar Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Black Cleaver. For your last 3 items, you should build Sterak's Gage, Wit's End and finish with Stridebreaker. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 43.2% winrate over 361 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Gnar Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Trinity Force, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Black Cleaver as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Wit's End and Stridebreaker. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 40.9% win rate over 132 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Black Cleaver as a third item. You want to finish the build with Trinity Force, Sterak's Gage and Thornmail. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 56.7% win rate across 60 matches played.

Situational Gnar Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Gnar build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.