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

Garen vs Jhin

How to Beat Jhin as Garen in LoLGaren is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Jhin as Garen

based on 14,638 Garen vs Jhin matchups
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
1.88
Pick Rate
10.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Jhin as Garen resulted from an analysis of 14638 ranked matches where both champs battled each other. This champion matchup is relatively common. Garen has to counter Jhin in 10.8% of his games.

Garen vs Jhin Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a below average job of countering Jhin. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.3% of games the champions face each other in. In Garen vs Jhin matches, Garen’s side is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't get first blood against Jhin.

Best Garen vs Jhin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Berserker's GreavesPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Infinity EdgeExperimental HexplateSpear of ShojinSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste 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

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth 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
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
14
W
15
W
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R

Guide to Countering Jhin as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Jhin

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 Jhin

Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!

Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.

Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.

Garen vs Jhin Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Jhin Image
6
< Kills >
7.9
5.2
< Deaths >
5.3
3.8
< Assists >
7.8
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
179
< Minions Killed >
173
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.51
14,230
< Physical Damage >
19,651
208
< Magic Damage >
1,080
4,772
< True Damage >
410
19,211
< Damage Dealt >
21,141
32,160
< Damage Taken >
19,084
12,263
< Gold Earned >
12,398
2.77
< Towers >
2.28
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
3,204
< Total Healing >
5,138
15,434
< Experience >
13,036
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
145
< Time Dealing CC >
149

How to Counter Jhin with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Garen against Jhin counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..

Garen often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Jhin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Jhin

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Jhin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Jhin

Who is Better, Garen or Jhin?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when trying to fight Jhin, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a bad counter to Jhin.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Jhin, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Jhin.

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

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

Garen is a somewhat poor counter to Jhin. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Garen against Jhin.

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 Jhin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jhin as Garen, we analyzed 14,638 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 Jhin 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 in order to counter Jhin 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Jhin. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Garen versus Jhin build include Phantom Dancer, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Jhin than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when countering Jhin with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of defeating Jhin as Garen, Garen players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Garen vs Jhin clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Garen vs Jhin tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are calculated using all matches run with both champs.