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

Garen vs Aurelion Sol

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

based on 2,265 Garen vs Aurelion Sol matchups
Win Rate
45 %
K/D/A
1.89
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League matches each week. Within our dataset, Garen battled Aurelion Sol in 2265 games. Having so many matchups for Garen versus Aurelion Sol gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce informative stats and a pro build to smash your foe. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. Garen has to counter Aurelion Sol in only 1.7% of his rounds.

Garen vs Aurelion Sol Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a terrible job of countering Aurelion Sol. On average, he wins a lowly 45.0% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Garen against Aurelion Sol games, Garen’s side is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Aurelion Sol.

Best Garen vs Aurelion Sol Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Trinity ForcePhantom DancerSterak's GageHullbreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
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
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E
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W
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Aurelion Sol as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Aurelion Sol

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 Aurelion Sol

He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.

Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.

His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.

His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!

Garen vs Aurelion Sol Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
45 %
VS
Win Rate
55 %
Aurelion Sol Image
6.1
< Kills >
7
5.3
< Deaths >
5.5
3.9
< Assists >
7.9
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
179
< Minions Killed >
188
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.44
14,023
< Physical Damage >
357
200
< Magic Damage >
23,067
4,795
< True Damage >
713
19,019
< Damage Dealt >
24,137
33,331
< Damage Taken >
20,742
12,426
< Gold Earned >
12,696
2.75
< Towers >
1.72
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
3,469
< Total Healing >
2,652
15,721
< Experience >
15,436
18
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
145
< Time Dealing CC >
362

How to Counter Aurelion Sol with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some important Garen versus Aurelion Sol counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aurelion Sol’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aurelion Sol..

Garen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Aurelion Sol. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Aurelion Sol

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Aurelion Sol
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Aurelion Sol

Who is Better, Garen or Aurelion Sol?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when facing off against Aurelion Sol, with a 45.0% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a bad counter for Aurelion Sol.

While Garen does have a much lower winrate compared to Aurelion Sol, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Garen into Aurelion Sol.

Furthermore, Garen has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Aurelion Sol is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Garen is a garbage counter to Aurelion Sol. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Aurelion Sol.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Aurelion Sol Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aurelion Sol as Garen, we analyzed 2,265 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 Aurelion Sol 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Aurelion Sol during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Aurelion Sol. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Garen versus Aurelion Sol build include Black Cleaver, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Aurelion Sol than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 45.0% battling Aurelion Sol with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Aurelion Sol as Garen, Garen players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Garen vs Aurelion Sol matchups, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Aurelion Sol as Garen are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.