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

Garen vs Jax

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

based on 11,881 Garen vs Jax matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
8.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Jax as Garen resulted from an evaluation of 11881 ranked games where both champs fought one another. This particular counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Garen is forced to battle against Jax in only 8.8% of his matches.

Garen vs Jax Matchup Summary

Garen does a average job of beating Jax. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Garen versus Jax rounds, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Jax.

Best Garen vs Jax Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Berserker's GreavesPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerSterak's GageDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinStormrazorYoumuu's GhostbladeInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste 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
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceTenacity and Slow Resist
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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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Jax as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Jax

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 Jax

Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.

Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.

Garen vs Jax Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Jax Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.1
5
< Deaths >
6.5
4
< Assists >
5.2
1.52
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
181
< Minions Killed >
117
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.71
0.62
< Inhibitors >
0.46
14,709
< Physical Damage >
12,024
213
< Magic Damage >
7,530
4,928
< True Damage >
686
19,851
< Damage Dealt >
20,240
31,724
< Damage Taken >
30,180
12,455
< Gold Earned >
11,856
2.9
< Towers >
2.03
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
3,255
< Total Healing >
9,004
15,495
< Experience >
14,321
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
138
< Time Dealing CC >
201

How to Counter Jax with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Garen against Jax matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jax’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jax..

Garen usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jax. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Jax

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Jax
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Jax

Who is Better, Garen or Jax?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when playing against Jax, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Garen makes an ok counter for Jax.

While Garen does have a higher winrate compared to Jax, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Jax.

Furthermore, Garen also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Garen is a decent counter for Jax. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Jax.

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 Jax Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jax as Garen, we analyzed 11,881 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 Jax 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 Jax Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Jax during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen typically gets more CS as Jax. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Garen versus Jax build consist of Phantom Dancer, Sterak's Gage, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Jax than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 50.5% battling Jax with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of beating Jax as Garen, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Garen vs Jax matchups, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Jax as Garen are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.