Gnar·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Gnar Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 Celestial Opposition as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Trinity Force. For your last 3 items, you should build Black Cleaver, Thornmail and finish with Wit's End. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 43.5% winrate over 85 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Gnar Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph 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 Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Heartsteel as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Thornmail, Black Cleaver and Kaenic Rookern. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 42.9% win rate over 84 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite 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 Solstice Sleigh as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Trinity Force as a third item. You want to finish the build with Black Cleaver, Thornmail and Sterak's Gage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 38.6% win rate across 57 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.