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Garen Build Guides, Runes and Items

Garen The Might of Demacia

Find the best Garen build guides for League of Legends S13 Patch 13.11. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Garen build for the S13 meta. Learn more about Garen's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

Season 1 Builds
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen Offtank VS AD Garen Englisch

Build by rennstiefel updated September 26, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Best Garen Build

Build by Mr Fortune 21 updated September 25, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Full tank

Build by borisk15 updated September 25, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen The Shield and Sword

Build by XTreedragonx updated September 24, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

garen

Build by Guest updated September 23, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

How to be a man

Build by Guest updated September 23, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Where u going ?

Build by ZixZax updated September 23, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen - The Trusted Tank

Build by MatField updated September 21, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Thelonius

Build by Guest updated September 20, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Thelonius

Build by Guest updated September 20, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garren the Crit king !

Build by Fredkar1 updated September 19, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

@@@1st beast Garen

Build by sugarxking updated September 19, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen: Tank with DMG

Build by Planetenfresser updated September 19, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Silence, Kill, Moar Armor!

Build by Elyas updated September 18, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Bush says DEMACIAAAA

Build by Spartacus697 updated September 18, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Miertex's Build

Build by Guest updated September 18, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Dys ys spinning Garen

Build by Guest updated September 18, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

WTF Face. Garen is spinning!

Build by Guest updated September 18, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen TANKING AND KILLING

Build by xikita updated September 17, 2011
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen: Ultimate Tank DPS!

Build by DrEbimol updated September 17, 2011
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Garen Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Garen we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Garen, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Garen this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 13.11. However, if you are a new Garen player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Garen!

Patch 13.11: 3750055 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Garen's Runes

Garen's Best Runes 52%

Win Rate 27203 Games

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Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Conqueror
Conqueror
LoL Rune: Triumph
Triumph
LoL Rune: Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Tenacity
LoL Rune: Last Stand
Last Stand

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Conditioning
Conditioning
LoL Rune: Overgrowth
Overgrowth

Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Runes 52%

Win Rate 10889 Games

Sorcery
LoL Path: Sorcery
LoL Rune: Phase Rush
Phase Rush
LoL Rune: Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak
LoL Rune: Celerity
Celerity
LoL Rune: Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Conditioning
Conditioning
LoL Rune: Overgrowth
Overgrowth

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Runes 51%

Win Rate 15679 Games

Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Conqueror
Conqueror
LoL Rune: Triumph
Triumph
LoL Rune: Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Tenacity
LoL Rune: Last Stand
Last Stand

Sorcery
LoL Path: Sorcery
LoL Rune: Celerity
Celerity
LoL Rune: Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak

Garen's Summoner Spells

Garen's Best Summoner Spells 52%

Win Rate 89919 Games

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  • 3

Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 15140 Games

Flash Teleport

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 51%

Win Rate 4141 Games

Flash Ghost

Garen's Starters

Garen's Best Starter Items 53%

Win Rate 283286 Games

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Trinket

Garen's Best Trinket 54%

Win Rate 21294 Games

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  • 3

Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Trinket 51%

Win Rate 81585 Games

Stealth Ward

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Trinket 52%

Win Rate 8711 Games

Farsight Alteration
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Patch 13.11: 3750057 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Garen's Runes

Garen's Best Runes 53%

Win Rate 1094 Games

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Conqueror
Conqueror
LoL Rune: Triumph
Triumph
LoL Rune: Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Tenacity
LoL Rune: Last Stand
Last Stand

Sorcery
LoL Path: Sorcery
LoL Rune: Celerity
Celerity
LoL Rune: Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak

Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Runes 54%

Win Rate 916 Games

Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Conqueror
Conqueror
LoL Rune: Triumph
Triumph
LoL Rune: Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Tenacity
LoL Rune: Last Stand
Last Stand

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Conditioning
Conditioning
LoL Rune: Overgrowth
Overgrowth

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Runes 61%

Win Rate 197 Games

Sorcery
LoL Path: Sorcery
LoL Rune: Phase Rush
Phase Rush
LoL Rune: Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak
LoL Rune: Celerity
Celerity
LoL Rune: Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Second Wind
Second Wind
LoL Rune: Overgrowth
Overgrowth

Garen's Summoner Spells

Garen's Best Summoner Spells 53%

Win Rate 6403 Games

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  • 2
  • 3

Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 52%

Win Rate 1043 Games

Flash Ghost

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 57%

Win Rate 208 Games

Ghost Ignite

Garen's Starters

Garen's Best Starter Items 54%

Win Rate 18842 Games

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  • 2

Trinket

Garen's Best Trinket 51%

Win Rate 4921 Games

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  • 3

Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Trinket 56%

Win Rate 2700 Games

Oracle Lens

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Trinket 53%

Win Rate 738 Games

Farsight Alteration
Don’t forget
to Buy Wards

Garen Counters

Learn Garen's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Garen guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!


This counter data is for Garen Top in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Garen. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

Garen Skins

Find Garen's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Garen skins and chromas on Garen's skins page.

Garen's Abilities

Garen's Perseverance
Perseverance Garen's Passive Garen's Passive
Self
Garen's Passive
Garen's Passive
Garen regenerates 1.5 − 10.1% max health (depending on level) every 5 seconds if he has not been damaged or hit with enemy abilities in the last 8 seconds.
Q
Garen's Decisive Strike
Decisive Strike Garen's Q Ability
Self
0
8
Garen removes all slowing effects on him and gains 35% bonus movement speed for 1 / 1.65 / 2.3 / 2.95 / 3.6 seconds.

His next attack silences for 1.5 seconds and does 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+0.5 per attack damage) physical damage.
W
Garen's Courage
Courage Garen's W Ability
Self
0
23 / 21 / 19 / 17 / 15
Passive: Killing units permanently grants 0.2 armor and magic resist, up to a max of 30. At max stacks, Garen gains 10% armor and magic resist.

Active: Garen steels his courage for 2 / 2.75 / 3.5 / 4.25 / 5 seconds, reducing incoming damage by 30%. He also gains 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 / 145 (+18% per bonus health) shield and 60% tenacity for 0.75 seconds.
E
Garen's Judgment
Judgment Garen's E Ability
325
0
9
Garen rapidly spins his sword for 3 seconds, dealing 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 (+0−8.2 dependant on level) (+0.32 / 0.34 / 0.36 / 0.38 / 0.4 per attack damage) physical damage 7 times over the duration. The nearest enemy takes 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+0−10.25 dependant on level) (+0.4 / 0.425 / 0.45 / 0.475 / 0.5 per attack damage) physical damage per strike instead.

Champions hit by 6 strikes lose 25% armor for 6 seconds.
R
Garen's Demacian Justice
Demacian Justice Garen's Ultimate (R) Ability
400
0
120 / 100 / 80 / 80 / 80
Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to slay his enemy, dealing 150 / 300 / 450 plus 25 / 30 / 35% missing health as true damage.

Questions About Garen

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