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

Garen vs Darius

How to Beat Darius as Garen in LoLGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Darius as Garen

based on 5,909 Garen vs Darius matchups
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
1.83
Pick Rate
4.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Darius as Garen resulted from an evaluation of 5909 ranked matches where both champions faced one another. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Garen has to counter Darius in only 4.4% of his games.

Garen vs Darius Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a poor job of countering Darius. On average, he wins a lowly 48.3% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Garen against Darius games, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood versus Darius.

Best Garen vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerStridebreaker

Optional Items

Mortal ReminderSpear of ShojinPhantom DancerJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceTenacity and Slow Resist
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
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R
12
Q
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Q
14
W
15
W
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R

Guide to Countering Darius as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Darius

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 Darius

When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.

Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.

Garen vs Darius Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Darius Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.8
5.4
< Deaths >
5.9
4.1
< Assists >
4.1
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
169
< Minions Killed >
173
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.48
13,288
< Physical Damage >
17,073
225
< Magic Damage >
75
4,761
< True Damage >
4,007
18,276
< Damage Dealt >
21,156
29,984
< Damage Taken >
31,282
11,807
< Gold Earned >
12,059
2.65
< Towers >
2.37
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
2,899
< Total Healing >
7,604
14,904
< Experience >
14,761
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
131
< Time Dealing CC >
163

How to Counter Darius with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Garen vs. Darius matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Darius’s ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Darius..

Garen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Darius. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Darius

Who is Better, Garen or Darius?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when playing against Darius, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a poor counter for Darius.

While Garen does have a lower win rate than Darius, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Darius.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Darius. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Darius.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Darius Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Darius as Garen, we analyzed 5,909 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 Darius 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 Darius Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Garen to counter Darius during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Darius. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Garen versus Darius build consist of Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Darius than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when playing against Darius with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Darius as Garen, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Garen vs Darius LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.

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