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Akali vs Garen

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How to Beat Garen as Akali

based on 8,159 Akali vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Garen as Akali resulted from an evaluation of 8159 ranked rounds where both champions opposed each other. This pairing is fairly rare. Akali fights Garen in only 3.6% of her rounds.

Akali vs Garen Matchup Summary

Akali does a average job of countering Garen. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.7% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Akali vs Garen rounds, Akali’s side is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Garen.

Best Akali vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameHextech RocketbeltVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
>
Second ability for Akali to level upe
>
Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Garen as Akali

Tips for Playing as Akali against Garen

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Win Against Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Akali vs Garen Counter Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Garen Image
8.7
< Kills >
6.2
6
< Deaths >
5.2
5
< Assists >
4.2
1.98
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
154
< Minions Killed >
175
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.61
1,344
< Physical Damage >
14,745
21,246
< Magic Damage >
227
766
< True Damage >
4,859
23,357
< Damage Dealt >
19,832
26,642
< Damage Taken >
31,875
11,618
< Gold Earned >
12,188
1.43
< Towers >
2.82
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,258
< Total Healing >
3,228
14,360
< Experience >
15,318
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
74
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Garen with Akali in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several critical Akali against Garen matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Garen..

Akali normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Garen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Akali and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akali
Garen

Who is Better, Akali or Garen?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when playing against Garen, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Akali makes an ok counter to Garen.

While Akali does have a lower winrate compared to Garen, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Garenas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Akali has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Akali is a somewhat poor counter to Garen. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akali against Garen.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Akali, we analyzed 8,159 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Garen as Akali comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Akali to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Garen. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Akali versus Garen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Garen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Garen with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Garen as Akali, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Akali vs Garen LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.

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