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Garen Build Guide by POCHOSAURUS12

Garen Matchups Guide for Matt

Updated on March 25, 2026

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Recommended Items

Stridebreaker

Berserker's Greaves

Phantom Dancer

Mortal Reminder

Dead Man's Plate

Sterak's Gage

Runes: CONQUEROR VS MELEE

1 2

Precision

Conqueror

Triumph

Legend: Haste

Last Stand

Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist

Celerity

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Sorcery

Phase Rush

Axiom Arcanist

Celerity

Gathering Storm

Resolve

Second Wind

Overgrowth

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health

Spells:

EVERY GAME

Flash

Ignite

Items

START

Doran's Shield

Doran's Blade

Health Potion

CORE ITEM

Stridebreaker

BOOTS

Boots of Swiftness

Berserker's Greaves

Mercury's Treads

Plated Steelcaps

USUAL 2ND ITEM

Phantom Dancer

Serpent's Fang

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Dead Man's Plate

GOOD 3RD ITEM

Spear of Shojin

Dead Man's Plate

Infinity Edge

Serpent's Fang

Executioner's Calling

Opportunity

4TH/5TH ITEM

Dead Man's Plate

Force of Nature

Sterak's Gage

Infinity Edge

Mortal Reminder

Edge of Night

EXAMPLE OF FULL BUILD

Stridebreaker

Berserker's Greaves

Phantom Dancer

Mortal Reminder

Dead Man's Plate

Sterak's Gage

Ability Order SKILL ORDER

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Tryndamere

Extreme

Impossible to kill in lane, be careful if you are near to his tower, use your Q to avoid the slow of his w.

If you dont ban tryndamere play with phase rush, save phase rush for his engage so you can run away.

Teemo

Extreme

Impossible to kill if he is good and his scale is not bad, your only way to kill him is if he miss position and waste his w for no reason so you can catch him with Q.

Vayne

Extreme

Impossible to kill if she is good, the only window to kill her is if she waste her e for no reason, it has 20 seconds of CD so if she waste it you can catch her with Q.

Urgot

Major

Careful lvl 1, he is so strong so play safe or play for dodge.

You can outsustain him if he takes bad trades.

All matchup is arround baiting his e and playing arround his passive, if he has no leg in front of you he do 0 dmg so position properly.

Steelcaps are really so good in this scenario if you wanna try.

If you have your w to take his e is a good window to win the 1v1.

Darius

Major

Careful lvl 1, he usually chase with W in bushes, go with the wave same as urgot matchup.

You wanna have short trades against darius, long trades are good for him.

Be careful when you are near his tower because he can run you down with ghost.

In teamfight play similar, go in use your abilities and go out before he can ult you with all stacks of his passive, go in again when the passive disapear.

Go phase rush in this matchup.

Mordekaiser

Major

Play arround dodge his Q and E, be careful when you are near to your minions because he can farm and poke you at the same time.

If he waste his shield for no reason and you have abilities is a good window to win.

You scale decent against him, serpent fang is good if he have a lulu or sona bot or if you really want to win the 1v1.

Kayle

Major

Careful lvl 1, she is really strong, lvl 2-5 she is weaker so you can try to trade here.

Bushes are your friend in this matchup, if you can get to melee range against her without losing HP is always a good trade.

Is worth to trade ult for ult because your ultimate has less CD than hers, use this window to kill her when your ultimate is back again.

Be proactive in mid game because the outscale you.

Renekton

Major

In this matchup you have to scale, but you are not that bad against him in lane, just be a little bit careful, save your W for his W, and use your e while he stuns you.

Jax

Major

Jax is good early levels but become easier to kill lvl 6, trade to take small trades to make him low hp or at least 50% hp, 100% hp all ins are not really that good.

Use your W for his E stun, and save your Q to disengage after you use you E

Dont autoattack when he has E active because that give more damage to his ability.

Trying to kite him is a good way to play this matchup use your E when he is in his e and go away with Q or stridebreaker after you use your E damage.

Yorick

Major

Try to bait his W, because if he got the cage on you is a bad trade.

Pre 6 yorick is really weak so try to abuse that.

Careful with his splitpush.

Your E cant kill his souls so is a bit annoying.

Volibear

Major

Use your W and E when he want to use his stun

If you wanna fight do it when he has not shield of E, when you hear the sound of him using the E go backwards, but they usually do E and Q to stun you into the thunder so use your W and E in this moment.

Sett

Even

Try to predict the E to use your W.

If he waste his W bad is a good window to trade.

You can still doing damage with E even if he is ulting you.

Try to use your ultimate with him silenced so he cant use his W to deny your damage.

Short trades are good against sett, so make sure to dont get hit by his W.

Nasus

Minor

Abuse him early game.

Save W for his W slow

Careful lvl 6 because his ultimate is really good 1v1.

He outscale you so be proactive

Malphite

Minor

Careful with R for ganks, is a good setup.

If he go for comet try to dodge it with your Q.

Abuse him early game.

Dr. Mundo

Minor

Stay behind your creeps to deny the Q damage of mundo.

Try to start trades with E and chase him with Q while doing damage.

Abuse him early game, you are good against him.