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How to Win Garen vs Aphelios Counter MatchupGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Garen in LoLGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Garen

based on 2,933 Garen vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. In our dataset, Garen fought Aphelios in 2933 rounds. With so many games with Garen vs Aphelios provides us confidence in our capability to produce informative stats and a solid build to annihilate Aphelios. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Garen is forced to battle against Aphelios in only 2.2% of his rounds.

Garen vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a dismal job of countering Aphelios. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.1% of games the champs fight each other in. In Garen vs Aphelios games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Garen vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinPhantom DancerHullbreakerStridebreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
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E
5
E
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Aphelios

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 Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Garen vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Aphelios Image
6
< Kills >
7
5
< Deaths >
6.2
3.9
< Assists >
5.9
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
179
< Minions Killed >
177
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.54
13,827
< Physical Damage >
21,192
207
< Magic Damage >
1,377
4,589
< True Damage >
471
18,623
< Damage Dealt >
23,041
31,406
< Damage Taken >
18,786
12,154
< Gold Earned >
12,105
2.82
< Towers >
2.49
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
3,178
< Total Healing >
5,311
15,248
< Experience >
12,769
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
140
< Time Dealing CC >
140

How to Counter Aphelios with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Garen against Aphelios matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aphelios..

Garen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Aphelios

Who is Better, Garen or Aphelios?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when taking on Aphelios, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a bad counter to Aphelios.

While Garen does have a lower winrate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Garen also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Aphelios.

Additionally, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Aphelios matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

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Garen Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Garen, we analyzed 2,933 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 Aphelios as Garen 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.

Other Useful Resources

Garen Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Garen to counter Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually gets a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Garen versus Aphelios build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Aphelios than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Aphelios with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Aphelios as Garen, Garen players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Garen vs Aphelios clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.

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