Gnar vs Zaahen Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Top, this is Gnar versus Zaahen — a fighter/tank hybrid against a fighter/assassin hybrid. Over 562 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Gnar closes out 56.1% of them. A 6.0-point edge is what puts this matchup in Gnar’s column.
Track Hyper / Wallop on Gnar and Grim Deliverance on Zaahen — the lane swings on those two. Whoever spends GNAR! or Grim Deliverance first hands the other a window. Resources split the two: Rage for Gnar, Mana for Zaahen.
Both champions are melee (Gnar at 175, Zaahen at 175), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Neither profile surprises the other: Gnar and Zaahen are both mixed threats. Starting health splits 640 to 540 in Zaahen’s favour, with armour at 32 against 36. At full build levels the gap widens to 2578 HP versus 1883, favouring Zaahen. Speed reads 335 to 345, handing Zaahen the better rotations.
Riot scores Gnar at 8/10 for difficulty against 2/10, and that gap alone drags on the average. Stats for Zaahen in this matchup are recalculated automatically for Top.
FAQ
Yes — Gnar holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Gnar wins 56.1% of the recorded games.
56.1% from Gnar's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
562 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.