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

Garen vs Gwen

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

based on 2,734 Garen vs Gwen matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Gwen as Garen came out of an examination of 2734 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Garen is forced to battle against Gwen in only 2.0% of his games.

Garen vs Gwen Matchup Summary

Garen does a good job of beating Gwen. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.9% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Garen vs Gwen matches, Garen’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Gwen.

Best Garen vs Gwen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerStridebreaker

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernPhantom DancerMortal ReminderDead Man's Plate

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
11
R
12
Q
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Q
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Gwen as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Gwen

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 Gwen

Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.

Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.

Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.

Garen vs Gwen Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Gwen Image
6.4
< Kills >
5.6
4.9
< Deaths >
6.1
3.9
< Assists >
4.4
1.49
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
177
< Minions Killed >
162
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.27
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.55
14,471
< Physical Damage >
3,016
184
< Magic Damage >
14,718
4,727
< True Damage >
3,741
19,383
< Damage Dealt >
21,476
30,905
< Damage Taken >
29,373
12,211
< Gold Earned >
11,854
2.87
< Towers >
2.55
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
3,131
< Total Healing >
7,303
15,309
< Experience >
14,770
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
137
< Time Dealing CC >
144

How to Counter Gwen with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several significant Garen versus Gwen counter statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gwen..

Garen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Gwen

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Gwen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Gwen

Who is Better, Garen or Gwen?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually wins when taking on Gwen, with a 52.9% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a good counter to Gwen.

While Garen does have a higher win rate compared to Gwen, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Garen into Gwen.

Furthermore, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Gwen matchups, Garen is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Garen is a good counter to Gwen. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Gwen.

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 Gwen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gwen as Garen, we analyzed 2,734 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 Gwen 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 Gwen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Gwen 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 stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Garen versus Gwen build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Gwen than with many other common item sets. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 52.9% when countering Gwen with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Gwen as Garen, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Garen vs Gwen battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.9% winrate overall.

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