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Garen Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 25.12

Garen The Might of Demacia

Find the best Garen build guides for League of Legends S16 Patch 25.12. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Garen build for the S16 meta. Learn more about Garen's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

Season 13 Guides
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen in depth 1v9 build - S13 Patch 13.4 - Complete matchup Top/Mid and also lots of tips for laning phase.

Guide by lorensj81 updated March 3, 2023
  • In-depth
8.9
61
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Supersonic Skull Splitter - Lethality Garen Jungle

Guide by Paccu updated January 14, 2023
  • Off-Meta
8.3
22
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

[S12] My Running Man Garen Build

Guide by GarenteedDamage updated November 17, 2022
  • In-depth
  • Off-Meta
Season 13 Builds
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

90% winrate HP SCALING GAREN

Build by noobgaren updated January 6, 2024
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

assassin garen updated :)

Build by kilda06 updated December 28, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen Damage Carry (GDC)

Build by MertButBetter updated November 10, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

TGV One shot Garen

Build by BusherAreBest updated November 22, 2023
  • Off-Meta
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

GARE

Build by baranx23 updated November 18, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen TOP

Build by JefersonRodriguez2008 updated October 20, 2023
9.1
17
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Achilles Jungle Garen 13.17

Build by SpartaKid916 updated September 14, 2023
  • Off-Meta
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen

Build by looyclark updated July 2, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

SEASON 13 GAREN GAMING GUIDE

Build by Squwedaledo updated June 15, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

aram garen

Build by Arfan1005 updated June 2, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

TURBOMACIA

Build by xavivi8 updated May 26, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen Mid/Top (Assassin & DPS)

Build by franrama updated May 27, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen Full Cript + Lifesteal

Build by MisakiSharen updated May 13, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen Muito forte

Build by TestaAiDamasceno updated May 10, 2023
  • Off-Meta
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Ultimate Guide for Garen

Build by AcorazadoTurko updated April 10, 2023
Rating Pending
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Iron Tank Garen

Build by GoatNoodles updated April 4, 2023
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Best off-meta build (Crit Garen)

Build by GodFoski updated April 3, 2023
  • Off-Meta
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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 25.12. 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!

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Patch 15.12: 33,479 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Garen's Runes

Garen's Best Runes 51%

Win Rate 47% Pickrate

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Garen's 2nd Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 26% Pickrate

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Garen's 3rd Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 22% Pickrate

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Garen's Summoner Spells

Garen's Best Summoner Spells 51%

Win Rate 81% Pickrate

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Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 48%

Win Rate 16% Pickrate

Flash Teleport

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 49%

Win Rate 2% Pickrate

Flash Ghost

Garen's Starters

Garen's Best Starter Items 51%

Win Rate 73% Pickrate

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Garen's Core Items

Garen's Best Core Items 58%

Win Rate 8% Pickrate

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Patch 15.12: 33,479 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Garen's Runes

Garen's Best Runes 53%

Win Rate 35% Pickrate

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Garen's 2nd Best Runes 51%

Win Rate 35% Pickrate

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Garen's 3rd Best Runes 51%

Win Rate 25% Pickrate

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Garen's Summoner Spells

Garen's Best Summoner Spells 53%

Win Rate 80% Pickrate

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Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 47%

Win Rate 13% Pickrate

Flash Teleport

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 49%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Flash Ghost

Garen's Starters

Garen's Best Starter Items 51%

Win Rate 81% Pickrate

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Garen's Core Items

Garen's Best Core Items 57%

Win Rate 7% Pickrate

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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

Questions About Garen

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Can Garen play jungle ?

Ps iam not good in englisch

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how i choose a hero??

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

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

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what champs are like poppy and garen

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?

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...

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Why do people build Warmog's Armor on Garen?

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...

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

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?

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?

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

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

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VERY basic question about runes from a noobie

Hey guys, im new here so go easy on me :) So i started playing LOL a week and half ago after having watched my bros play for 2 years, but the thing is i've been setting up my builds and spells and masteries nicely from builds on here (you go...

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Starting 9 pots + Red Elixir viable on Garen?

So recently, I have been seeing a lot of Riven players (as well as a few Tryndameres and a Lee Sin) who start out with 9 health pots and a red elixir. That start seems to work fairly well for them so I started wondering what other champions would...

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