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Garen vs Irelia

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

based on 3,325 Garen vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Irelia as Garen resulted from an analysis of 3325 ranked matches where both champs opposed one another. This pairing is fairly rare. Garen has to counter Irelia in only 2.5% of his matches.

Garen vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Garen has done a ok job of beating Irelia. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.3% of the time the champions face each other in. In Garen against Irelia matches, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Garen vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Sterak's GageMortal ReminderBlack CleaverChempunk Chainsword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Irelia

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 Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Garen vs Irelia Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Irelia Image
6.5
< Kills >
7
5
< Deaths >
6.8
4.3
< Assists >
4.9
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
178
< Minions Killed >
205
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.46
14,629
< Physical Damage >
15,968
268
< Magic Damage >
5,766
4,981
< True Damage >
761
19,879
< Damage Dealt >
22,496
30,728
< Damage Taken >
30,629
12,302
< Gold Earned >
12,709
2.77
< Towers >
2.23
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,315
< Total Healing >
10,293
15,321
< Experience >
14,920
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
141
< Time Dealing CC >
111

How to Counter Irelia with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several critical Garen versus Irelia matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..

Garen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Irelia

Who is Better, Garen or Irelia?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Irelia, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes an ok counter to Irelia.

While Garen does have a higher win rate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Irelia.

Additionally, Garen has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Garen is a decent counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Irelia.

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 Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Garen, we analyzed 3,325 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 Irelia 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 Irelia 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Garen versus Irelia build include Phantom Dancer, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Irelia than with many other common builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Irelia with this build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Irelia as Garen, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Garen vs Irelia counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Garen are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.