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Development
- Main article: Gnar (Development)
- Mini Gnar is voiced by Dorothy Fahn.
- Mega Gnar is voiced by Lucien Dodge.
- During development, he was called Yordle Hulk.[1]
- Gnar was leaked by Redditor 'WhyRenektonWhy' (who also leaked Ultra Rapid Fire,
Yasuo, and Kalista, and whose account has since been terminated).
- Gnar may have more than one source:
- Proto-Germanic onomatopoeic verb *gnarrojanan "to snarl, growl";[2]
- The last four letters, spelt backwards, of Boomerang, from an extinct dialect of the Dharug language.
- Mega Gnar might be referencing the Gnaar from Serious Sam.
- Gnar may have more than one source:
- Gnar's skull headdress might be referencing Tabu the Voodoo Shaman, a canceled champion whose staff was crowned by the same skull.
- Mini Gnar's placeholder model during production was a ranged, tiny, golden Nautilus whose animations were drastically sped up.[3]
- His basic attacks used the same particles as Syndra's.
- Boomerang Throw used Huntress Sivir's boomerang.
- Hyper's was an active called "Hyperactivity / Fury". Its movement speed buff was represented by Blitzcrank's Overdrive's 'speed lines', while the stack particles were represented by Vi's Denting Blows passive stacks.
- Hop made him let out the excited yell Ziggs makes when using Satchel Charge.
- Gaining maximum Rage displayed a 'Warning' message.
- These effects can be viewed here.
- His basic attacks used the
- Mega Gnar's placeholder model during production was a slightly redder pre-rework Hyena Warwick.
- Boulder Toss used the first half of Hyena Warwick's death animation.
- Wallop was both a stun and an auto-attack chaining effect, while using Tiamat's visual effects.
- Crunch had a knockup while using Tristana's Rocket Jump's impact visual effects and audio. He also made the roar Udyr makes when activating Bear Stance.
- Instead of GNAR!, his ultimate was an ability similar to Devour that left a puddle of Void Ooze at the Regurgitate location while making the noises Cho'Gath makes when he uses Feast.
- These effects can be viewed here.
Universe
Universe- Main article: Gnar (Character)
- Gnar is a prehistoric yordle, at the very least older than 10,000 years, dating back to a time when there were no massive civilizations on land.
- He was able to survive for millennia due to hibernation and being encased in True Ice.
- He is unaware that he transforms but that may change when he grows older.
- He retains his personality as Mega Gnar.
- The tribal paintings in 'Discovering the Link' depict Gnar and his family living in peace until a one-eyed entity with two horns/tentacles (speculated to be a Frozen Watcher or one of Vel'Koz's Voidborn species) attacked them. It knocks Gnar's family away, triggering his Rage Gene therefore turning Mega, and promptly fighting the entity to unknown success.
- Gnar learned to use a boomerang from and fashioned his after his father's.
- The boomerang is hidden in Mega Gnar's fur when he transforms.[5]
- Gnar is the only Yordle in modern times to have a tail due to his antiquity.
- The Hunter Hunted was originally written from Rengar's point of view. However, with the later established timeline and map settings, the hunter that encountered Gnar from the story is unlikely to still be him should the story be still canon.[7]
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Gnar (League of Legends)
- Gnar, Elise, Nidalee, Jayce, Kayle, and Samira are the only champions to be conditionally considered both ranged and melee.
- Gnar's concept is built on monstrous transformations in fiction coupled with the Fish Out of Water trope.
- Inspirations include Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Gremlins, and Hulk by Marvel Comics.
- Paleontologically speaking, Gnar is not a missing link, i.e. transitional specimen, but he belongs to the Yordle population ancestral to modern ones; colloquially-speaking, he is the great-great-...-granduncle of all living Yordles.
- In Brazilian localization, Gnar's title was changed to O Yordle Pré-histórico ('the Prehistoric Yordle') in order to avoid matchmaking-rating-associated jokes/bullying derived from O Elo Perdido ('the Missing Link').
- Gnar is the second champion to have two champion portraits ( Mini Gnar and Mega Gnar) the first being Quinn and Valor.
- Mini Gnar has the fewest active abilities of any ranged champion ( Hyper and GNAR! are fully passive effects) and the lowest health at Level 18 (1645).
- Mega Gnar has his own separate emotes from Mini Gnar's.
- His dance references Donkey Kong.
- Boulder Toss' projectile is shaped like the Riot Games Inc. logo.
- His dance references Donkey Kong.
- Mega Gnar has the highest level 18 base attack damage (157).
- Although patch V7.16 made it so the portrait of the selected skin would be used in the central portion of the in-game UI, transforming into Mega Gnar always uses his base portrait for all skins.
- Hop has the shortest ability name at 3 characters long.
- For contrast Life Form Disintegration Ray is the longest ability name at 29 characters long, exceeding Hop by 26 characters.
- For contrast
Quotes
- Main article: Gnar (League of Legends Audio)
- What appears to be childish babbling is actually Gnar's own native language.
- ▶️ "Demaglio!" is an imitation of ▶️ "Demacia!".
- God-King Garen responds to this quote: ▶️ "Demaglio? Demaglio?! How dare you slander our glorious kingdom?!".
Skins
- Main article: Gnar (Collection)
- He references Stitch from Lilo & Stitch down to the way he taunts people.
- He resembles Cubone and Marowak from Pokémon whom also have a boomerang attack.
- Helmet Bro's helmet can be seen to the left.
- He has a bloodstain on his left cheek likely from fighting Rengar as Mega Gnar.
- Dino Gnar Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Astral, Catseye, Pearl, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Sapphire
Chromas:- This skin shares the Toy Box theme with:
- He is living his fantasy of being a dinosaur.
- His Rose Quartz chroma may have been inspired by the Care Bears.
- When he reaches over 50 rage he moves on all fours and he costume gradually turns red while the hood of it covers his face
- He might have been inspired by Boo from Monsters, Inc. and Reptar from Rugrats.
- He resembles Dino-Rang from Skylanders down to the use of a boomerang.
- Mega Gnar resembles and references Lizzie from Rampage by throwing parts of a building with Boulder Toss.
- Mega Gnar resembles and references Lizzie from Rampage by throwing parts of a building with
- His artwork might be referencing a scene from Lilo & Stitch.
- When recalling he will play with toy blocks spelling 'LOL' (League of Legends)
- Mega Gnar will instead smash down a helicopter and eat it referencing Godzilla.
- He wears a dinosaur onesie.
- This skin shares the High Society theme with:
- He references Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- This skin shares the Snow Day theme with:
- The Teamfight Tactics item Mittens are based on one of his mittens in his splash art.
- He was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2015 along with:
- He was inspired by the Siberian Husky dog breed.
- This skin shares the Luchador theme with:
- He references lucha libre.
- El Tigre Braum can be seen in the background.
- Gnar appears as a lion.
- The name El León is translated as “The Lion”.
- His boomerang is a lead pipe which is considered a wrestling weapon prop.
- This skin shares the Super Galaxy theme with:
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2017 theme with:
- He was released in celebration of SSG winning the Season 2017 World Championship along with:
- He represents CuVee.
- The idea for both of the Recall animations were thought up by CuVee himself and display his signature.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- Mega Gnar eats noodles out of a Summoner's Cup in his Recall animation.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- The idea for both of the
- He is a reference to a white tiger which holds a lot of cultural significance in Korean culture from which this skin is largely inspired from.[8]
- Astronaut Gnar Chromas: Aquamarine, Catseye, Chrono, Granite, Rose Quartz, Ruby
- This skin shares the Astronauts theme with:
- Astronaut Bard Chimes can be seen all over the splash art.
- Astronaut Bard can also be seen floating in the background.
- An Odyssey Jinx doll can be seen in the background of his splash art.
- Elderwood Gnar Chromas: Citrine, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Elderwood theme with:
- He has heterochromia in his in-game model and splash art.
- A Tibbers doll can be seen in his splash art.
- He bears a resemblance to a Cubone or Marowak Pokémon.
- Also he bears resemblance to King Clawthorne from Disney’s The Owl House
- La Ilusión Gnar Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise, Vivida
- This skin shares the La Ilusión theme with:
References
- ↑ Ask Riot
- ↑ Orel, V. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, p. 138
- ↑ /DEV: ON CHAMPION PROTOTYPES
- ↑ Gnar Q&A - Creative
- ↑ Gnar's upbringing
- ↑ Scathlocke on The Hunter Hunted
- ↑ SSG Gnar reference