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

Garen vs Diana

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

based on 5,619 Garen vs Diana matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Diana as Garen resulted from an evaluation of 5619 ranked matches where both champs clashed against one another. This champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Garen encounters Diana in only 4.1% of his games.

Garen vs Diana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a dismal job of countering Diana. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Garen against Diana matches, Garen’s side is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood versus Diana.

Best Garen vs Diana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerSundered Sky

Optional Items

Death's DanceSpear of ShojinSterak's GageMortal Reminder

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
ResolveDemolishOvergrowth
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
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
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Q
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Q
14
W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Diana as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Diana

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 Diana

Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.

Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.

Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.

Garen vs Diana Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
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6.1
< Kills >
7.5
4.9
< Deaths >
6.5
4.1
< Assists >
6.4
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.74
174
< Minions Killed >
99
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.82
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.45
13,778
< Physical Damage >
2,083
205
< Magic Damage >
18,213
4,581
< True Damage >
998
18,565
< Damage Dealt >
21,294
30,656
< Damage Taken >
24,308
11,955
< Gold Earned >
12,123
2.7
< Towers >
1.71
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.2
3,111
< Total Healing >
5,865
15,112
< Experience >
14,083
17
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
7
140
< Time Dealing CC >
127

How to Counter Diana with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several important Garen against Diana matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Diana..

Garen normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Diana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Diana

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Diana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Diana

Who is Better, Garen or Diana?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when taking on Diana, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a bad counter to Diana.

While Garen does have a lower winrate than Diana, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Diana.

Additionally, Garen has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Diana. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Garen against Diana.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Diana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Diana as Garen, we analyzed 5,619 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 Diana 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen to counter Diana during both the laning 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 stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average accumulates more CS compared to Diana. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Garen versus Diana build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Garen used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Diana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Diana with this build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Diana as Garen, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Overgrowth, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Garen vs Diana counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.

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