Gnar vs K’Sante Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Gnar, the Missing Link, meets K’Sante, the Pride of Nazumah, in the Top lane. 1,402 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Gnar at a 54.3% win rate into K’Sante. A 4.3-point edge is what puts this matchup in Gnar’s column.
Both champions are melee (Gnar at 175, K’Sante at 150), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
With Gnar and K’Sante both dealing mixed damage, stacking a single stat answers most of it. Gnar opens on 540 health and 32 armour, K’Sante on 625 and 36. At full build levels the gap widens to 2665 HP versus 1883, favouring K’Sante. Base attack damage is 60 against 64, so K’Sante wins the raw auto-attack exchange. Gnar covers ground faster from level one (335 against 330).
Footwork (E) is the ability Gnar has to respect, just as K’Sante plays around Boomerang Throw / Boulder Toss. Level six shifts things: GNAR! on one side, All Out on the other. Resources split the two: Rage for Gnar, Mana for K’Sante.
The 1,402-game sample behind Gnar versus K’Sante is data rather than opinion. The page tracks Gnar against K’Sante continuously rather than freezing on one patch.
FAQ
Yes — Gnar holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Gnar wins 54.3% of the recorded games.
54.3% from Gnar's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,402 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Gnar build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Gnar build page.