
Garen·Jungle Build





Win rate | 39.0% |
Pick rate | 0.1% |
Ban rate | 5.2% |
Matches | 1 052- |

Garen Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 46.9% based on 262 matches
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Most Popular
46.9%

2nd Most Popular
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spells

D

F
items
Starter Items
Time Target


@ 15 sec
Early Items

@ 5 min
Core Items



@ 20 min
Full Build






ability order
E
Q
W
Skills





situational items






Force of Nature
Tank item which is recommended in situations where: 1) enemy team has a lot of magic damage; 2) you need increased movement speed. Effective against champions like Syndra, Brand, LeBlanc.

Garen Matchups Overview
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The Best Garen Builds, Runes and Items for Jungle in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Garen Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Axiom Arcanist and Celerity in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Stridebreaker as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Phantom Dancer. For your last 3 items, you should build Mortal Reminder, Infinity Edge and finish with Dead Man's Plate. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 46.9% winrate over 262 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Garen Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Phase Rush as your keystone, Axiom Arcanist, Celerity and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Overgrowth with Second Wind in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Stridebreaker, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Phantom Dancer as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Mortal Reminder, Dead Man's Plate and Infinity Edge. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 35.5% win rate over 214 matches.
Situational Garen Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Garen build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Garen runes page.

Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Garen Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Jungle in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 15.6 the best possible matchups for Garen Jungle are:
- vs. Mordekaiser - 75.0% win rate over 4 games.
- vs. Gwen - 60.9% win rate over 23 games.
- vs. Evelynn - 54.5% win rate over 11 games.
- vs. Zed - 52.4% win rate over 21 games.
- vs. Ekko - 52.2% win rate over 23 games.
Consider picking Garen into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Jungle matchups that currently are in favor of Garen.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Garen in the current patch into the following Jungle matchups:
- vs. Pantheon - 12.5% win rate over 16 games.
- vs. Rammus - 16.7% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Zyra - 16.7% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Diana - 20.0% win rate over 35 games.
- vs. Shaco - 24.1% win rate over 29 games.
These champions are considered as Garen counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Garen counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.