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

Garen vs Kindred

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

based on 2,706 Garen vs Kindred matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League games that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Kindred as Garen came out of an examination of 2706 ranked rounds where both champions opposed one another. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Garen fights Kindred in only 2.0% of his rounds.

Garen vs Kindred Matchup Summary

Garen does a average job of countering Kindred. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of the time the champs face one another in. In Garen versus Kindred rounds, Garen’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Kindred.

Best Garen vs Kindred Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerHullbreakerThornmailSundered Sky

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
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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
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R
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Kindred

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 Kindred

When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.

Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.

Garen vs Kindred Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Kindred Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.5
4.9
< Deaths >
6.8
3.8
< Assists >
7.1
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.48
175
< Minions Killed >
42
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.44
13,436
< Physical Damage >
14,845
200
< Magic Damage >
3,845
4,477
< True Damage >
1,282
18,114
< Damage Dealt >
19,972
31,524
< Damage Taken >
30,902
12,012
< Gold Earned >
12,013
2.79
< Towers >
1.57
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
3,206
< Total Healing >
16,926
15,224
< Experience >
13,452
17
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
6
141
< Time Dealing CC >
217

How to Counter Kindred with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here feature some influential Garen against Kindred counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kindred..

Garen often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kindred. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Kindred

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Kindred
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Kindred

Who is Better, Garen or Kindred?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kindred, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes an ok counter for Kindred.

While Garen does have a higher winrate compared to Kindred, when facing one another, Garen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Garen into Kindred.

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

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

Garen is a decent counter to Kindred. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Kindred.

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 Kindred Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kindred as Garen, we analyzed 2,706 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 Kindred 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 Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average gets much more CS as Kindred. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Garen versus Kindred build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Kindred than with most other common item sets. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 50.4% when playing against Kindred with this build.

To have the highest probability of beating Kindred as Garen, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Garen vs Kindred counters, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kindred as Garen are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.