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Garen vs Kennen

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

based on 1,255 Garen vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Kennen as Garen came out of an evaluation of 1255 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against one another. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Garen fights Kennen in only 0.9% of his games.

Garen vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Garen does a decent job of beating Kennen. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.5% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Garen versus Kennen games, 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 versus Kennen.

Best Garen vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateForce of NatureSundered SkyBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
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Q
9
E
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Kennen as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Kennen

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 Kennen

Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.

Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.

Garen vs Kennen Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Kennen Image
6
< Kills >
5.8
4.9
< Deaths >
5.9
3.9
< Assists >
6.1
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
176
< Minions Killed >
163
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.42
12,851
< Physical Damage >
2,419
158
< Magic Damage >
20,535
4,620
< True Damage >
697
17,630
< Damage Dealt >
23,653
31,926
< Damage Taken >
21,528
12,191
< Gold Earned >
11,416
2.82
< Towers >
1.98
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,107
< Total Healing >
2,995
15,489
< Experience >
14,659
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
141
< Time Dealing CC >
74

How to Counter Kennen with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some strategic Garen against Kennen matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kennen..

Garen typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kennen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Kennen

Who is Better, Garen or Kennen?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when taking on Kennen, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a good counter to Kennen.

While Garen does have a higher winrate than Kennen, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Kennen.

Moreover, Garen has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Kennen matchups, Garen is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Garen is a decent counter for Kennen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Kennen.

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 Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Garen, we analyzed 1,255 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 Kennen 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 in order to counter Kennen during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Garen versus Kennen build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Kennen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 51.5% battling Kennen with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Kennen as Garen, Garen players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Garen vs Kennen battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.

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