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Garen vs Kayle

How to Beat Kayle as Garen in LoL Kayle is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Kayle as Garen

based on 4,938 Garen vs Kayle matchups
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. In our dataset, Garen faced off against Kayle 4938 times. Having so many matchups for Garen versus Kayle gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce useful data and a solid build to annihilate your foe. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Garen fights Kayle in only 3.5% of his games.

Garen vs Kayle Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a dismal job of countering Kayle. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.4% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Garen versus Kayle games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Kayle.

Best Garen vs Kayle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerIronspike Whip

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
StridebreakerMortal ReminderDeath's Dance

Optional Items

HullbreakerSterak's GageDead Man's PlatePhantom Dancer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level up e
>
Second ability for Garen to level up q
>
Last skill for Garen to max out w

Runes

Precision Conqueror TriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
Sorcery Nimbus CloakCelerity
Adaptive Adaptive MagicRes
Garen's passive ability p
Garen q ability q
Garen w ability w
Garen e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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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 Kayle as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Kayle

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

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 Kayle

Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.

Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.

Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.

Garen vs Kayle Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Kayle Image
6
< Kills >
5.1
4.5
< Deaths >
5.1
4.1
< Assists >
5.4
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.16
176
< Minions Killed >
195
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.65
< Inhibitors >
0.58
12,593
< Physical Damage >
6,102
207
< Magic Damage >
12,540
3,968
< True Damage >
1,454
16,768
< Damage Dealt >
20,098
28,060
< Damage Taken >
22,275
12,143
< Gold Earned >
12,346
2.89
< Towers >
2.7
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
2,273
< Total Healing >
5,568
15,052
< Experience >
15,253
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
183
< Time Dealing CC >
212

How to Counter Kayle with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Garen vs. Kayle counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayle..

Garen usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kayle. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Kayle

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Kayle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Kayle

Who is Better, Garen or Kayle?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when taking on Kayle, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Garen makes an ok counter for Kayle.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Kayle, when facing one another, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Kayle.

Additionally, Garen also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Garen is a somewhat poor counter to Kayle. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Kayle.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

Quinn Quinn 47% winrate Yorick Yorick 47.3% winrate Master Yi Master Yi 47.4% winrate Mordekaiser Mordekaiser 47.4% winrate

Garen Wins Against

Ryze Ryze 60% winrate Nidalee Nidalee 56.8% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 56.8% winrate Gwen Gwen 55.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Kayle Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kayle as Garen, we analyzed 4,938 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 Kayle 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Kayle during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kayle. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Garen versus Kayle build consist of Stridebreaker, Mortal Reminder, and Death's Dance. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Kayle than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 49.4% battling Kayle with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of defeating Kayle as Garen, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Garen vs Kayle fights, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.

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