Garen vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Garen
based on 6,090 Garen vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Garen vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Garen vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Garen
Tips for Playing as Garen against Aatrox
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.
Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Garen vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Garen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several influential Garen against Aatrox counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox..
Garen usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Aatrox. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Garen and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Garen or Aatrox?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when facing off against Aatrox, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a good counter for Aatrox.
While Garen does have a higher win rate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Aatrox.
Additionally, Garen has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Aatrox matchups, Garen is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Garen is a decent counter to Aatrox. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Garen in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Garen most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Aatrox. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Garen versus Aatrox build consist of Stridebreaker, Sterak's Gage, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Aatrox than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 52.0% battling Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Aatrox as Garen, Garen players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Garen vs Aatrox counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.
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