
Garen·Top Build





Win rate | 50.5% |
Pick rate | 8.7% |
Ban rate | 6.1% |
Matches | 44 701- |

Garen Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 53.4% based on 14 979 matches
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Most Popular
53.4%

2nd Most Popular
53.1%

Alternative
53.3%

Off-Meta
53.7%Top Players ALL
Dhokla Pro
62.5%GarenDosFlinston OTP
65.0%Asvannaitriu v2 OTP
44.4%Matchup Specific

Jax
56.4%
Darius
50.5%runes






















spells

D

F
items
Starter Items
Time Target


@ 14 sec
Early Items


@ 4 min
Core Items



@ 20 min
Full Build






ability order
E
Q
W
Skills





situational items






Spear of Shojin
Typically used by splitpushing bruisers, who thrive in duels and extended fights with the reduced basic ability cooldowns this item grants.

Garen Matchups Overview
Garen General information
Garen tips and tricks
If you’ve been bullied heavily by the enemy champion, hold back and wait for your Passive to kick in to gain some health back.
Use your W as a tool to avoid CC or burst when trading. You do not want to be caught without it when the enemy Jungler ganks your lane, so only use it when you’re committing to a trade.
You can cancel your E early and finish the enemy off with basic attacks. Keep this in mind if you are planning on using your
R to execute the enemy.
Garen combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Garen Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Garen Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 53.4% winrate over 14 979 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Garen Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite 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 Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Phantom Dancer as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Mortal Reminder, Infinity Edge and Dead Man's Plate. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 53.1% win rate over 11 872 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Celerity in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Trinity Force as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Phantom Dancer as a third item. You want to finish the build with Mortal Reminder, Dead Man's Plate and Infinity Edge. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.3% win rate across 497 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Garen Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Celerity as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Phantom Dancer as third item. The last 3 options are Mortal Reminder, Infinity Edge and Dead Man's Plate. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.7% win rate over 361 matches played.
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.

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In-depth Build Stats
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Garen Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 15.4 the best possible matchups for Garen Top are:
- vs. Illaoi - 57.5% win rate over 381 games.
- vs. Sylas - 56.0% win rate over 252 games.
- vs. Dr. Mundo - 55.5% win rate over 526 games.
- vs. Yasuo - 55.1% win rate over 396 games.
- vs. K'Sante - 54.6% win rate over 1 711 games.
Consider picking Garen into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Garen.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Garen in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Vayne - 42.4% win rate over 396 games.
- vs. Camille - 43.8% win rate over 1 745 games.
- vs. Urgot - 45.4% win rate over 751 games.
- vs. Quinn - 46.6% win rate over 457 games.
- vs. Darius - 46.6% win rate over 2 354 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.