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

Garen vs Jarvan IV

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

based on 1,871 Garen vs Jarvan IV matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL matches every week. In our data, Garen faced Jarvan IV 1871 times. Including so many games with Garen vs Jarvan IV provides us confidence in our capacity to provide informative statistics and a solid build to annihilate Jarvan IV. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Garen is forced to battle against Jarvan IV in only 1.4% of his games.

Garen vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary

Garen has done a average job of countering Jarvan IV. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.9% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Garen vs Jarvan IV matches, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Jarvan IV.

Best Garen vs Jarvan IV Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Black CleaverHullbreakerTrinity ForceForce of Nature

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

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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
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R
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Jarvan IV

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 Jarvan IV

Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.

Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.

Garen vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Jarvan IV Image
6.1
< Kills >
5.6
5.1
< Deaths >
5.8
4
< Assists >
12.1
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
179
< Minions Killed >
40
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.41
0.63
< Inhibitors >
0.5
14,312
< Physical Damage >
13,437
212
< Magic Damage >
1,370
4,747
< True Damage >
885
19,271
< Damage Dealt >
15,692
31,499
< Damage Taken >
31,852
12,272
< Gold Earned >
11,495
2.89
< Towers >
1.89
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
3,206
< Total Healing >
12,693
15,325
< Experience >
13,341
17
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
7
142
< Time Dealing CC >
484

How to Counter Jarvan IV with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several strategic Garen versus Jarvan IV counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jarvan IV..

Garen often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Jarvan IV. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Jarvan IV

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Jarvan IV
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Jarvan IV

Who is Better, Garen or Jarvan IV?

Both LoL champions 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 Jarvan IV, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Garen makes an ok counter to Jarvan IV.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Jarvan IV.

Moreover, Garen also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Jarvan IV matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Jarvan IV. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Jarvan IV.

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 Jarvan IV Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jarvan IV as Garen, we analyzed 1,871 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 Jarvan IV 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 to counter Jarvan IV during both the early game 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 tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually racks up much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Garen versus Jarvan IV build consist of Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Jarvan IV than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 49.9% battling Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Jarvan IV as Garen, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Garen vs Jarvan IV clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.

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