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

Garen vs Hecarim

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

based on 3,227 Garen vs Hecarim matchups
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League matches each week. Within our data, Garen faced Hecarim 3227 times. Having so many games with Garen vs Hecarim provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide enlightening statistics and a pro build to counter your foe. This pairing is somewhat rare. Garen has to counter Hecarim in only 2.4% of his rounds.

Garen vs Hecarim Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a poor job of countering Hecarim. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.0% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Garen against Hecarim games, Garen’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Hecarim.

Best Garen vs Hecarim Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GagePhantom DancerDead Man's PlateSpear of Shojin

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

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
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
7
E
8
Q
9
E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Hecarim as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Hecarim

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 Hecarim

Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.

Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.

Garen vs Hecarim Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Hecarim Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.7
4.9
< Deaths >
6
3.9
< Assists >
8
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
177
< Minions Killed >
34
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.6
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.35
14,213
< Physical Damage >
13,893
182
< Magic Damage >
2,609
4,636
< True Damage >
767
19,032
< Damage Dealt >
17,270
30,561
< Damage Taken >
40,822
11,931
< Gold Earned >
12,063
2.73
< Towers >
1.17
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
3,064
< Total Healing >
21,071
15,083
< Experience >
14,021
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
6
137
< Time Dealing CC >
235

How to Counter Hecarim with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Garen versus Hecarim matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Hecarim..

Garen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Hecarim. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Hecarim

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Hecarim
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Hecarim

Who is Better, Garen or Hecarim?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Hecarim, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Garen makes an ok counter for Hecarim.

While Garen does have a lower win rate than Hecarim, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Hecarim.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Hecarim matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Hecarim. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Hecarim.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

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Garen Wins Against

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

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Hecarim Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Hecarim as Garen, we analyzed 3,227 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 Hecarim 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 Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often gets much more CS as Hecarim. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Garen versus Hecarim build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Garen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Hecarim than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 49.0% battling Hecarim with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Hecarim as Garen, Garen players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Garen vs Hecarim matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.

If you need to view Garen versus Hecarim tips and counter stats for a a particular rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using all games played with these champs.