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

Garen vs Graves

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

based on 5,397 Garen vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Graves as Garen resulted from an evaluation of 5397 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Garen has to counter Graves in only 4.0% of his matches.

Garen vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a dismal job of countering Graves. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Garen against Graves matches, Garen’s side is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood against Graves.

Best Garen vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

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

Optional Items

Youmuu's GhostbladePhantom DancerMortal ReminderBlack Cleaver

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
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Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
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
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Graves as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Graves

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 Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Garen vs Graves Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Graves Image
6
< Kills >
7
4.8
< Deaths >
5.6
3.6
< Assists >
6.8
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
182
< Minions Killed >
57
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.5
13,601
< Physical Damage >
17,469
196
< Magic Damage >
826
4,576
< True Damage >
1,682
18,374
< Damage Dealt >
19,977
31,408
< Damage Taken >
29,545
12,200
< Gold Earned >
12,673
2.79
< Towers >
1.78
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
3,145
< Total Healing >
13,877
15,371
< Experience >
14,402
17
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
6
143
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Counter Graves with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some strategic Garen vs. Graves matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Graves..

Garen often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Graves. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Graves

Who is Better, Garen or Graves?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when trying to fight Graves, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a bad counter to Graves.

While Garen does have a lower win rate than Graves, when facing one another, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Garen into Graves.

Furthermore, Garen has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Garen is a trash counter to Graves. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Garen against Graves.

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 Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Garen, we analyzed 5,397 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 Graves 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 learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often picks up much more CS as Graves. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Garen versus Graves build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Graves than with most other common builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 48.0% battling Graves with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Graves as Garen, Garen players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Garen vs Graves LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% win rate overall.

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