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

Garen vs Gnar

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

based on 1,271 Garen vs Gnar matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Gnar as Garen came out of an examination of 1271 ranked rounds where both champs faced one another. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Garen has to counter Gnar in only 0.9% of his matches.

Garen vs Gnar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a below average job of countering Gnar. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.9% of the time the champions face each other in. In Garen against Gnar matches, Garen’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Gnar.

Best Garen vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerStridebreaker

Optional Items

Force of NatureDead Man's PlateSundered SkyBlack Cleaver

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
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Gnar as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Gnar

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 Gnar

Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.

Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.

Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.

Garen vs Gnar Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Gnar Image
5.8
< Kills >
5
5
< Deaths >
5.6
3.9
< Assists >
6
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.16
171
< Minions Killed >
172
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.53
12,906
< Physical Damage >
19,279
183
< Magic Damage >
3,585
4,534
< True Damage >
527
17,623
< Damage Dealt >
23,392
31,987
< Damage Taken >
29,466
11,883
< Gold Earned >
11,653
2.62
< Towers >
2.54
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,173
< Total Healing >
6,287
15,182
< Experience >
15,207
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
146
< Time Dealing CC >
431

How to Counter Gnar with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show several influential Garen vs. Gnar counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gnar..

Garen typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Gnar

Who is Better, Garen or Gnar?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when playing against Gnar, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a bad counter to Gnar.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Gnar.

Furthermore, Garen has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Gnar matchups, Gnar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Gnar. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Gnar.

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 Gnar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gnar as Garen, we analyzed 1,271 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 Gnar 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

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

Garen often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gnar. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Garen versus Gnar build consist of Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Gnar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 48.9% battling Gnar with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Gnar as Garen, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Garen vs Gnar LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Garen x Gnar tips and counter builds for a an individual rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are calculated using all games played with these champs.