Talk:Gnar/@comment-5211662-20140731215151/@comment-1330314-20140731221933

More counters will probably pop up once people get familiar with Gnar, but here are my thoughts on who might be strong against Gnar:
 * Mini Gnar has extremely weak sustain, and his early game poke is fairly lightweight (only 61 base damage on his level 1 Boomerang Throw), so Nasus looks like he can just lifesteal through most of his harass. He's also extremely dependent on movement speed and attack speed to do well in ranged form and is the game's strongest counter to both. In Mega Gnar form, he may pose a threat early on, but at level 6 Nasus's ultimate counters Mega Gnar. Nasus will outscale him pretty quickly, and unless Gnar gets a significant early lead Nasus will win the lane after a few armor/health purchases. The only real advantage Gnar has against Nasus is his gapcloser, but using it as an escape would deprive him of a proper initiate (and, conversely, using it to initiate will prevent him from escaping, particularly as Wither hits him super hard).
 * Pretty much along the same lines as Nasus: Renekton out-sustains and out-damages Gnar early on, and has mobility to match his own gapcloser. Renekton can mostly ignore Gnar's early game harass, and can easily disengage from Mega Gnar. Past 6, Renek also has an ultimate to match Gnar's Mega form, and will outdamage him in most situations. In this scenario Gnar will eventually outscale Renekton, but the latter has enough pushing and roaming power that it doesn't really matter. Renek will also out-tank Gnar at any point in the game, including when the latter's in his Mega form.
 * Trundle's meant to be both a good ganker and a tankbuster, which in top lane means that he has all the tools he needs to handle Gnar. As with the above, he has incredible lane sustain and can power through Gnar's early harass, but he can also counter Gnar's mobility with a, while also being able to catch up to him and out-DPS him with . scales with almost every stat bonus Mega Gnar gains, and can be used to either completely turn the tables on Gnar or even just scare him away from fighting in melee form.  can also negate Mega Gnar's AD bonus, and against Mini Gnar can be used to stick to him and outdamage him. Trundle scales about as well as Gnar, with superior tankiness and only slightly less damage, but will always have an edge over Gnar due to the way his abilities work.

This obviously will only be proven through actual gameplay, but theoretically the above champions should all be strong picks against Gnar. In general, you'll want a champion with high early sustain, decent to great sticking power, and strong dueling potential.