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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 LeagueSpy's 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 11.23. 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 11.23: 289422 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 1905 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 1293 Games

Precision

Resolve

More Garen Runes

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 14629 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 1180 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 5192 Games

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 5749 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 3037 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

68%

Win Rate 1066 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

64%

Win Rate 1037 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 11.23: 289431 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

61%

Win Rate 56 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

57%

Win Rate 65 Games

Precision

Resolve

More Garen Runes

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 1405 Games

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 272 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 892 Games

Second Best

58%

Win Rate 1118 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 513 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

66%

Win Rate 163 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

65%

Win Rate 130 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 11.23: 289454 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

65%

Win Rate 79 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

62%

Win Rate 108 Games

Precision

Sorcery

More Garen Runes

Second Best

56%

Win Rate 958 Games

Third Best

60%

Win Rate 114 Games

Second Best

60%

Win Rate 593 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 1665 Games

Third Best

57%

Win Rate 285 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

67%

Win Rate 332 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

68%

Win Rate 104 Games

Passive Ability

Garen Counters

Learn '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

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 restores 1.5−10.1% of his maximum health every 5 seconds (depending on level).

Perseverance is interrupted for 8 seconds if Garen takes damage from epic monsters, turrets, champions, or if he is hit by an enemy ability.

Decisive Strike Garen's Q Ability

Self

Garen removes all slows on him and gains 35% bonus movement speed for 1 / 1.65 / 2.3 / 2.95 / 3.6 seconds. His next melee attack within 4.5 seconds will deal 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+0.5 per attack damage) bonus physical damage and silence his target for 1.5 seconds. This attack can critically strike.

Courage Garen's W Ability

Self

23 / 21 / 19 / 17 / 15

Passive: Garen permanently gains 0.2 bonus armor and bonus magic resistance every time he kills an enemy unit, up to a maximum of 30 bonus resistances at 150 unit kills. At max resistances from enemy kills, Garen increases his bonus armor and magic resist by 10%.

Active: Garen reduces incoming damage by 30% for 2 / 2.75 / 3.5 / 4.25 / 5 seconds. Additionally, for the first 0.75 seconds, Garen also gains a 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 (+0.2 bonus health) shield and 60% Tenacity.

Judgment Garen's E Ability

325

Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body 7 (+1 per 25% attack speed) times over 3 seconds, ignoring unit collision and dealing 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 (+0-8.2 depending on level) (+0.32 / 0.34 / 0.36 / 0.38 / 0.4 per attack damage) physical damage per spin to nearby enemies. This damage is increased by 25% on Garen's nearest enemy. Judgment can critically strike for 33% bonus damage. The total damage is increased by 50% against non-epic monsters.

Enemy champions hit 6 times have their armor reduced by 25% for 6 seconds (hits after the 6th refresh the duration).

Garen can deactivate Judgement early by activating the ability again after 1 second, which reduces the cooldown by the remaining duration of the spin.

Demacian Justice Garen's Ultimate (R) Ability

400

120 / 100 / 80 / 80 / 80

Garen gains vision of his target for 1 second and brings down Demacian Justice on them after a 0.5 second delay, dealing true damage to them equal to 150 / 300 / 450 plus 25 / 30 / 35%% of the target's missing health.

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]]?