Blitzcrank vs Garen
How to Beat Garen as Blitzcrank
based on 5,078 Blitzcrank vs Garen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Garen Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Garen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Garen as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Garen
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Garen Counter Stats
How to Counter Garen with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats shown here feature some influential Blitzcrank vs. Garen counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Garen. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Garen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Garen
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Garen?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when playing against Garen, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a great counter to Garen.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate than Garen, when they face off with one another, Blitzcrank also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Blitzcrank into Garen.
Moreover, Blitzcrank has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Garen matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Blitzcrank is a great counter to Garen. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Blitzcrank against Garen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank in order to counter Garen during both the laning 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 here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank most often gets a lot less CS as Garen. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Blitzcrank versus Garen build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Frozen Heart. When Blitzcrank used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Garen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average win rate of 53.2% when playing against Garen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Garen as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Blitzcrank vs Garen face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.2% winrate overall.
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