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Garen vs Heimerdinger

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

based on 2,165 Garen vs Heimerdinger matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Heimerdinger as Garen came out of an evaluation of 2165 ranked rounds where both champs fought each other. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Garen encounters Heimerdinger in only 1.6% of his rounds.

Garen vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a dismal job of countering Heimerdinger. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.2% of matches the champions battle each other in. In Garen vs Heimerdinger games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood against Heimerdinger.

Best Garen vs Heimerdinger Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerForce of NatureHullbreakerSundered Sky

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
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
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
1
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 Heimerdinger as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Heimerdinger

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 Heimerdinger

Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!

It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.

Garen vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Heimerdinger Image
6.2
< Kills >
4.7
5.1
< Deaths >
6.3
4
< Assists >
6.9
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.07
172
< Minions Killed >
136
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.5
13,355
< Physical Damage >
904
206
< Magic Damage >
23,815
4,732
< True Damage >
668
18,293
< Damage Dealt >
25,387
32,953
< Damage Taken >
20,283
12,068
< Gold Earned >
10,963
2.6
< Towers >
2.02
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
3,406
< Total Healing >
2,074
15,479
< Experience >
13,767
16
< Vision Score >
27
8
< Wards Placed >
13
199
< Time Dealing CC >
271

How to Counter Heimerdinger with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some strategic Garen against Heimerdinger counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Heimerdinger..

Garen usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Heimerdinger

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Heimerdinger
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Heimerdinger

Who is Better, Garen or Heimerdinger?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Garen makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.

While Garen does have a lower win rate than Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Heimerdinger.

Additionally, Garen has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter to Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Heimerdinger.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

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Garen Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Heimerdinger Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Heimerdinger as Garen, we analyzed 2,165 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 Heimerdinger 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 Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Garen versus Heimerdinger build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Heimerdinger than with many other typical builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Heimerdinger as Garen, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Garen vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.

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