Cassiopeia vs Gnar Counter Pick

141 games on patch 16.13.1 give Cassiopeia a 57.5% win rate against Gnar, a champion whose entire identity depends on a mechanic she can play around from range.

• Transform timing: Gnar’s passive, Rage Gene, builds toward a forced transformation into Mega Gnar, and Cassiopeia’s poke lets her control when that Rage builds rather than fighting on Gnar’s terms.
• Mixed damage: Gnar deals mixed physical and magic damage, but at 540 HP and only 32 armor early, he’s fragile against Cassiopeia’s poison before that transformation kicks in.
• Range denial: Cassiopeia’s 550 range against Gnar’s 175 keeps most trades entirely on her terms.

GNAR!, his ultimate, only exists in Mega Gnar form and throws enemies in a chosen direction, stunning anyone who hits a wall — a real threat, but one Cassiopeia can often avoid simply by never letting Rage build in the first place. At level 18 Mega Gnar’s frame brings his health up to 1,883, still the lowest total in this comparison, which keeps Cassiopeia’s poison-and-kite plan effective even after the transformation. Gnar runs Rage rather than Mana as his resource, so Cassiopeia can’t punish him for running dry the way she might a mana-dependent bruiser, but his 335 move speed matches hers closely enough that a clean kite still requires careful spacing rather than a guaranteed escape. Full kits: Cassiopeia, Gnar.