Garen Build
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Garen Build

Perseverance
Decisive Strike
Q
Courage
W
Judgment
E
Demacian Justice
R
Fighter
Fighter
2/1
Win/Loss
<1%
Pick Rate
1%
Ban Rate

Matchups

Garen is strong against
57%
56%
55%
54%
54%
Nasus
54%
Riven
53%
Gangplank
53%
Jayce
53%
Gwen
53%
Pantheon
52%
Aatrox
52%
Sion
52%
Yorick
52%
Dr. Mundo
52%
Illaoi
52%
Ornn
52%
Renekton
52%
Olaf
51%
Gnar
51%
Garen is weak against
Kayle
47%
Camille
47%
Rek'Sai
47%
Teemo
48%
Tahm Kench
48%
Trundle
48%
Sett
48%
Darius
49%
Urgot
49%
Tryndamere
49%
Vayne
49%
Cho'Gath
49%
Mordekaiser
49%
Rumble
50%
Shen
50%
Malphite
50%
Gragas
50%
Volibear
50%
Fiora
50%
Zac
50%

Early Garen Build

Summoner Spells
FlashIgnite
100%
10
Starter Items
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
100%
10
Starter Trinket
Stealth Ward
100%
10
Item
First
Second
Stridebreaker
79%
8
Trinity Force
21%
2

Garen Item Build

Item Buy Order
Two
Three
StridebreakerBlack Cleaver
22%
2
Trinity ForceDead Man's Plate
22%
2
StridebreakerMortal Reminder
22%
2
Core Items
Stridebreaker
79%
8
Phantom Dancer
42%
4
Trinity Force
37%
4
Dead Man's Plate
37%
4
Mortal Reminder
32%
3
Sterak's Gage
26%
3
Black Cleaver
21%
2
Frozen Heart
5%
1
Spear of Shojin
5%
1
Final Boots
Berserker's Greaves
95%
9
5%
1
Final Trinket
Oracle Lens
53%
5
Stealth Ward
37%
4
11%
1

Abilities

Spell Skill Priority
Judgment
E
Decisive Strike
Q
Courage
W
100%
10
Decisive Strike
Q
Courage
W
Judgment
E
Demacian Justice
R

Runes

Sorcery + Resolve
Phase Rush
Resolve
Conqueror
Sorcery
Conqueror
Resolve
Sorcery
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Arcane Comet
Phase Rush
Nullifying Orb
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Resolve
Resolve
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching

How to play Garen

Garen Garen – The Might of Demacia – is based on our LoL Top Tier List on patch 13.24 a S-Tier Top Top champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Garen Garen has a win rate of 50.6%, a pick rate of 12.1%, a ban rate of 4.5% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the Fighter Fighter is in an excellent spot in the current meta of season 13. If you want to learn how to play Garen on your matches, keep in mind that this champion is moderately difficult to play in LoL. This Garen guide will give you also an understanding on how to beat Garen. Besides the upcoming Garen Top Build the position Mid is a valid choice as well.

Pregame Build

In champion select you need to choose your Garen Garen runes and summoner spells. The best Garen Top Runes 13.24 are Sorcery Sorcery as the primary path and Resolve Resolve as the secondary path. The most supportive Garen Garen keystone rune is Phase Rush Phase Rush. Flash Flash and Ignite Ignite are the summoner spells, which fits this LoL Garen Build the most.

Item Build on Garen

The starter items for the best Garen Build on patch 13.24 are Doran's Shield Doran's Shield, Health Potion Health Potion, and a Stealth Ward Stealth Ward as the trinket. 100% of all Garen Probuilds include Stridebreaker Stridebreaker as the favoured mythic item. As the game progresses, the most popular Garen Garen items are Hullbreaker and Black Cleaver Black Cleaver. Berserker's Greaves Berserker's Greaves are the most bought Garen Garen boots by Pros. This Garen Build will totally increase your chances to gain LP and to climb the leaderboard in LoL.

Garen Abilities

At the beginning of a match start to skill the ability Decisive Strike Decisive Strike on Garen Garen. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise Judgment Judgment into Decisive Strike Decisive Strike and at last Courage Courage. Judgment Judgment is a very strong ability of Garen Garen in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called Perseverance Perseverance and there is no need to set it manually on a Garen Build.

Select one of the abilities below in order to start a clip of the ability:
Perseverance
Decisive Strike
Q
Courage
W
Judgment
E
Demacian Justice
R
Perseverance

If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.

Biography

A proud and noble soldier, Garen fights at the head of the Dauntless Vanguard. He is popular among his fellows, and respected well enough by his enemies—not least as a scion of the prestigious Crownguard family, entrusted with defending Demacia and its ideals. Clad in magic-resistant armor and bearing a mighty broadsword, Garen stands ready to confront mages and sorcerers on the field of battle, in a veritable whirlwind of righteous steel.

Read Garen's bio

Available Garen Skins

Besides the Garen build you can select a skin for Garen. The best Garen skins you can find below.

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