Talk:Gnar/@comment-25381422-20140903145206/@comment-6281696-20140905084820

Except that if double doran's is all you have offensivly mini Gnar is basicly not a threat to anything unless he's allowed to constantly proc his W, and in mega he'd just be a sort of lame attempt at copying leona's CC. He needs at least something offensive, especially against sturdier opponents. As for trinity, trinity makes for massive risk/reward issues since now catching your boomerang is crucial, and you will miss the thing at some point and lose a fight, after all you're not perfect. Botrk is better, and considerably more consistent, but comes with the issue that in mega you no longer have the AS to rely solely on that item, and your abilities only benefit from the 25AD which isn't exactly impressive either.

Not scoring kills in lane isn't too big of a deal, but not being a threat at all is. There's plenty of champions who have trouble getting kills in lane due to their inability to seal the deal. But they all at least are a threat in some way, and can get kills if an opponent overcommits. Gnar can barely do that against most capable opponents.