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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

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 10889 Games

Sorcery

Resolve

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 15679 Games

Precision

Sorcery

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 15140 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 4141 Games

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 33603 Games

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 81585 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 8711 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

64%

Win Rate 42697 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

63%

Win Rate 3624 Games

Passive Ability

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

Precision

Sorcery

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 916 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

61%

Win Rate 197 Games

Sorcery

Resolve

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 1043 Games

Third Best

57%

Win Rate 208 Games

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 2083 Games

Second Best

56%

Win Rate 2700 Games

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 738 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

81%

Win Rate 58 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

75%

Win Rate 53 Games

Passive Ability

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.

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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.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Mythmaker Garen

January 12, 2023

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Battle Academia Garen

March 18, 2021

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Mecha Kingdoms Garen Prestige Edition

Limited Edition

January 15, 2020

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Mecha Kingdoms Garen

January 15, 2020

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Demacia Vice Garen

July 18, 2019

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God-King Garen

Legendary

June 27, 2018

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1820

Warring Kingdoms Garen

Legacy

January 19, 2017

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Rogue Admiral Garen

July 23, 2015

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750

Steel Legion Garen

February 2, 2013

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Rugged Garen

August 15, 2011

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750

Dreadknight Garen

January 18, 2011

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975

Commando Garen

September 8, 2010

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520

Sanguine Garen

April 27, 2010

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520

Desert Trooper Garen

Legacy

April 27, 2010

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520

Classic Garen

Original

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Garen's Abilities

Perseverance Garen's Passive

Self

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.

Decisive Strike Garen's Q Ability

Self

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.

Courage Garen's W Ability

Self

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.

Judgment Garen's E Ability

325

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.

Demacian Justice Garen's Ultimate (R) Ability

400

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

Latest Questions

how i choose a hero??

Asked by rabiehassan on August 17, 2017

I play well with garen and now i want to choose to a stronger cahmpion but i dont know how after searching a admire the abilty of camille but worry to buy it does camille is good or not? if not what the champion i can choose?

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GAREN SUPPORT

Asked by mostafashokry on April 25, 2017

I NEED YOUR OPINION THAT GAREN HOW TO BE A SUPPORT CHAMP IT'S CRAZY I KNOW .. BUT I NEED A GOOD ANSWER

what champs are like poppy and garen

Asked by H0110W on November 23, 2016

I have been playing Garen and Poppy a lot. I want to play more champs like them what is your guy's suggestions. I love having the option to play a tank or bruiser depending on the items I buy.

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Best Champion for 1350 IP?

Asked by Judged Eternity on December 22, 2015

So, I have been saving up my IP, but it is burning a hole in my pocket so, I wanted to know what's the best champion for 1350 IP. So far, I have Blitzcrank, Amumu, Soraka, Garen, and Annie. I have been trying to ADC with Ezrael and Kog'Maw but...

Why do people build Warmog's Armor on Garen?

Asked by Amund098 on October 18, 2015

I have seen a few guides that suggest Warmog's on Garen, but I don't understand why Garen needs Warmog's when he has Perseverance. Isn't Spirit Viasage good enough for HP regen? Seems like a waste to build Warmog's on Garen since Warmog's doesn't...

How viable is jungle Garen now that the 5.16 changes are out?

Asked by SMGrubb on August 21, 2015

I've seen jg Garen played before, and while some of his ganks against enemies that cant escape were good, his ganks(that I have seen) generally don't work and his camp clear was mediocre at best. [b]However, with the new passive in his ultimate in...

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How can we Buff Garens W?

Asked by Rukt on May 6, 2015

So, everyone knows and loves (Ok, maybe not everyone) [[Garen]]. He was probably one of the first champs that 80% of use tried to use when we first started. He is a solid pick right now with the tank meta and has a really good early and mid game....

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Is Garen jungle viable?

Asked by jungle everywhere on April 4, 2015

I actually tried it a few times and it didn't seemed such a bad idea to me. Yeah, the ganks are not as good, but [[garen]] is not an insta lane winner like [[darius]]. Garen is an ultimate tank but he is prone to losing his lane. By going Garen...

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Garen and Divine

Asked by HyprBeatz on September 30, 2013

Hello Mobafire forum! Just a question, does garen's [[judgment]] work with the active crit of [[sword of the divine]]?