Talk:Gnar/@comment-25495009-20141003154352/@comment-6281696-20141004103320

In my experience it cripples him against capable opponents. I've lost so many lanes with him simply because he just doesn't have the numbers to compete with the counterattacks the other throws out if they can be bothered to counter or even remotely attempt to dodge attacks. Obviously if they're kind enough to just stand there so you can throw stuff at em he wins. Which can make him infuriating to play with. His complete lack of defenses and the requirement of 3 attacks to do anything meaningfull in mini combined with riots obsession with "plays" simply end up allowing virtually anyone to outtrade him. Combined with how his passive scales and the horrendous CD's he starts with this can make his laning phase a nightmare. On the flip side, this also means that late game he suddenly becomes a rampaging behemoth because suddenly his CD's are on a decent level, his passive actually helps, and he got enough items to no longer be instantly melted in mini. Which usually means that if you can manage to get past those first 15 minutes or something you suddenly start dominating. However, most of the capable opponents can just completly win the lane in those 15 minutes.