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Jayce vs Gnar

JayceYOU · TOP
GnarENEMY · TOP
VS
Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Teleport

How to play it

React to his E
Good melee E use is huge: react to his E (Hop/Crunch) rather than using yours first, and you cancel his play.
Win short trades
You have stronger level 1 stats and Stormraider's Surge: contest prio, abuse the level 2 spike, and win the shortest trades where your autos hit harder.
Poke him mini
Poke Gnar while he's mini: he has less defensive stats and more resistances in mega; it's a better use of your mana.
Never take long ranged trades: his infinite passive procs win those; keep every exchange short.
Runes
SORCERYSORCERY
Summon Aery
Arcane Comet
Stormraider's Surge
Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
INSPIRATIONINSPIRATION
Hextech Flashtraption
Magical Footwear
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Time Warp Tonic
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Approach Velocity
Jack Of All Trades
SHARDS
Adaptive
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health +65
Tenacity
Health Scaling
Spells
FlashFLASH
TeleportTELEPORT
Items
Start
Core
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Jayce · Top · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Jayce vs Gnar in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: hold your melee E for his E, react to it to cancel his play, don't lead with yours.

Jayce matchup data compiled from a dedicated Jayce OTP's matchup sheetLeague of Legends assets © Riot Games (Data Dragon).