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Garen Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 14.20

Garen The Might of Demacia

Find the best Garen build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.20. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Garen build for the S14 meta. Learn more about Garen's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

Season 5 Builds
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen Top

Build by AuroraWolf updated September 22, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Demacibra The Tank Guide To Garen.

Build by Sneeks9 updated September 21, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

way of the garen done right

Build by DemonicKnight1442 updated September 21, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen King Of Solo Top

Build by Tzoker69 updated September 21, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Full Health Regen Garen

Build by KamKamal updated September 19, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

the true garen of demancia

Build by megami8371 updated September 17, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Tanky Garen Jungle

Build by Voltic Fusion updated September 13, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

GAREN TOP

Build by DanNzL updated September 12, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

GAREN FULL HEALTH REGEN!

Build by jonathanteste updated September 11, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen I don't say

Build by Themaster3170 updated September 9, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen the Health Regen Monster

Build by Kosstus updated September 9, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

[5.16] My Heart and Sword Always For Demacia

Build by JastyGaming updated September 8, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen ARAM TANK - FOCUS: SILENCE AND FINISH

Build by FunkadelicMBrain updated September 8, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Gia ton Niko

Build by cafs1 updated September 8, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

coala plz dont feed 1

Build by Gnaar updated September 1, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen, the ***asain mage of the jungle

Build by Yibber225 updated August 30, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

Garen lamkhang

Build by Lamkhang82 updated August 30, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

It's Garen.... what else do you want me to say?

Build by UnstoppableArmy updated August 25, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

STEPH'S GAREN GUIDE

Build by KeroTheFukboi updated August 22, 2015
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LoL Champion Garen Build Guide
LoL Champion Garen Build Guide

My Garen

Build by Shinubi97 updated August 21, 2015
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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 14.20. 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 14.20: 41,148 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Garen's Runes

Garen's Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 39% Pickrate

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Garen's 2nd Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 29% Pickrate

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Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Runes 49%

Win Rate 27% Pickrate

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Garen's Summoner Spells

Garen's Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 78% Pickrate

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Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 49%

Win Rate 17% Pickrate

Flash Teleport

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 48%

Win Rate 2% Pickrate

Flash Ghost

Garen's Starters

Garen's Best Starter Items 49%

Win Rate 81% Pickrate

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Garen's Core Items

Garen's Best Core Items 54%

Win Rate 20% Pickrate

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Patch 14.20: 41,148 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Garen's Runes

Garen's Best Runes 50%

Win Rate 33% Pickrate

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Garen's 2nd Best Runes 52%

Win Rate 31% Pickrate

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Garen's 3rd Best Runes 51%

Win Rate 31% Pickrate

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Garen's Summoner Spells

Garen's Best Summoner Spells 52%

Win Rate 77% Pickrate

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Second Best

Garen's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 16% Pickrate

Flash Teleport

Third Best

Garen's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 50%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Flash Ghost

Garen's Starters

Garen's Best Starter Items 49%

Win Rate 85% Pickrate

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Garen's Core Items

Garen's Best Core Items 57%

Win Rate 22% 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

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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
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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
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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 4 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
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Garen rapidly spins his sword for 3 seconds, dealing 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 (+0−8.2 dependant on level) (+0.36 / 0.37 / 0.38 / 0.39 / 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) (+0.45 / 0.4625 / 0.475 / 0.4875 / 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
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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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Latest Questions

Can Garen play jungle ?

Ps iam not good in englisch

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how i choose a hero??

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GAREN SUPPORT

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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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