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How to Win Garen vs Kha'Zix Counter MatchupGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen vs Kha'Zix

How to Beat Kha'Zix as Garen in LoLGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Kha'Zix as Garen

based on 3,495 Garen vs Kha'Zix matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games each week. In our database, Garen faced off against Kha'Zix 3495 times. With so many matchups for Garen vs Kha'Zix gives us faith in our ability to provide useful statistics and a supported build to suppress your opposition. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Garen has to counter Kha'Zix in only 2.6% of his rounds.

Garen vs Kha'Zix Matchup Summary

Garen has done a decent job of countering Kha'Zix. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.0% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Garen versus Kha'Zix games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood against Kha'Zix.

Best Garen vs Kha'Zix Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverSundered SkyStridebreaker

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinSterak's GagePhantom DancerDead Man's Plate

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
>
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
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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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Guide to Countering Kha'Zix as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Kha'Zix

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 Kha'Zix

Taste Their Fear deals bonus damage to targets that are isolated. Gain an advantage by fighting near allied minions, champions, or turrets.

Leap and Void Assault have long cooldowns. Kha'Zix is very vulnerable when these are not available.

Garen vs Kha'Zix Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Kha'Zix Image
6.1
< Kills >
7.9
4.9
< Deaths >
6.2
3.7
< Assists >
6
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.81
182
< Minions Killed >
27
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.71
0.66
< Inhibitors >
0.33
14,199
< Physical Damage >
17,219
225
< Magic Damage >
1,041
4,687
< True Damage >
988
19,112
< Damage Dealt >
19,249
31,282
< Damage Taken >
33,458
12,326
< Gold Earned >
12,627
2.93
< Towers >
0.96
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
3,083
< Total Healing >
16,427
15,553
< Experience >
13,856
17
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
6
144
< Time Dealing CC >
217

How to Counter Kha'Zix with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several strategic Garen against Kha'Zix counter stats that can help us realize the differences between the two. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kha'Zix’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kha'Zix..

Garen typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kha'Zix. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Kha'Zix

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Kha'Zix
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Kha'Zix

Who is Better, Garen or Kha'Zix?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when trying to fight Kha'Zix, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a good counter for Kha'Zix.

While Garen does have a higher win rate compared to Kha'Zix, when facing one another, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Kha'Zix.

Moreover, Garen has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kha'Zix. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Kha'Zix matchups, Garen is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Garen is a decent counter to Kha'Zix. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Kha'Zix.

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 Kha'Zix Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kha'Zix as Garen, we analyzed 3,495 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 Kha'Zix 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 Kha'Zix during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often picks up much more CS as Kha'Zix. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Garen versus Kha'Zix build include Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Kha'Zix than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 51.0% when countering Kha'Zix with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Kha'Zix as Garen, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Garen vs Kha'Zix fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.0% winrate overall.

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