Gnar vs Trundle Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Top, this is Gnar versus Trundle — a fighter/tank hybrid against a fighter/tank hybrid. Over 218 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Gnar closes out 57.8% of them. A 7.8-point edge is what puts this matchup in Gnar’s column.
Both champions are melee (Gnar at 175, Trundle at 175), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
This is a mixed-versus-mixed exchange between Gnar and Trundle. Level-one bases: Gnar 540 HP / 32 armour / 30 MR, Trundle 650 / 37 / 32. That 5-point armour gap favours Trundle in the first all-in. Late-game bases read 1883 health / 95 armour for Gnar and 2520 / 114 for Trundle. Trundle also hits harder before items — 68 AD to 60. Trundle moves quicker at base (335 against 350), which shows up on roams.
Hyper / Wallop (W) and Subjugate (R) are usually what decide a trade between Gnar and Trundle. The pressure spikes when GNAR! and Subjugate come online together. Note the resource bars too: Rage versus Mana.
A 8/10 difficulty rating on Gnar, against 5/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. Read 57.8% as a trend: 218 games is useful, not final. Data here updates on its own rather than sitting as a fixed snapshot taken on 16.13.1.
FAQ
Yes — Gnar holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Gnar wins 57.8% of the recorded games.
57.8% from Gnar's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
218 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.