Talk:Gnar/@comment-24055932-20140816161642/@comment-6281696-20140817084045

meh, it's mostly how difficult his laning phase is. He's just horribly weak early on and quite item dependent. Which makes him really easy to bully. To be honest I'd love to use him with a support, that'd probably fix some of the problems he has already. But well, that's never going to happen probably given the meta.

Maybe have the movementspeed & bonus attackrange at maximum from the start, at least those two actually become an advantage then instead of these useless minimum values. Though that doesn't solve his abysmall defense and his extremely low AD in mini (seriously, one of the few characters where I actually had trouble last hitting under my tower even with a doran's blade & the first part of botrk, tower shot + 1 AA left caster minions with like 10 health or something.)

Also, it doesn't help that the transform is relativly predictable if you pay attention as an opponent, so half the time people will just back of for a bit and wait until he calms down. Assuming you are actually a threat, some opponents won't really care since they could still outfight you. And well, your transformation is the only point at which you can actually go in for a proper trade, at least early on. With how easy it is to avoid it kind of limits his options.