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

Garen vs Lissandra

How to Beat Lissandra as Garen in LoLGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Lissandra as Garen

based on 1,577 Garen vs Lissandra matchups
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Lissandra as Garen came out of an examination of 1577 ranked games where both champions battled one another. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Garen has to counter Lissandra in only 1.2% of his games.

Garen vs Lissandra Matchup Summary

Garen does a decent job of countering Lissandra. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.1% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Garen vs Lissandra matches, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Lissandra.

Best Garen vs Lissandra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSundered SkyStridebreaker

Optional Items

Sterak's GageForce of NatureDead Man's PlateBlack Cleaver

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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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Lissandra

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 Lissandra

Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.

Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.

The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.

Garen vs Lissandra Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Lissandra Image
5.9
< Kills >
5.6
5.2
< Deaths >
6
4.1
< Assists >
8.8
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
182
< Minions Killed >
169
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.43
13,891
< Physical Damage >
1,270
230
< Magic Damage >
19,078
4,702
< True Damage >
993
18,824
< Damage Dealt >
21,341
31,875
< Damage Taken >
22,344
12,298
< Gold Earned >
11,302
2.93
< Towers >
1.85
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,169
< Total Healing >
3,363
15,524
< Experience >
14,253
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
141
< Time Dealing CC >
508

How to Counter Lissandra with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Garen vs. Lissandra matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lissandra..

Garen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Lissandra. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Lissandra

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Lissandra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Lissandra

Who is Better, Garen or Lissandra?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when playing against Lissandra, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a good counter for Lissandra.

While Garen does have a higher win rate than Lissandra, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Lissandra.

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

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Lissandra matchups, Garen is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Garen is a decent counter to Lissandra. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Garen against Lissandra.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Lissandra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lissandra as Garen, we analyzed 1,577 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 Lissandra 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Garen to counter Lissandra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Lissandra. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Garen versus Lissandra build consist of Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Lissandra than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when playing against Lissandra with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating Lissandra as Garen, Garen players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Garen vs Lissandra clashes, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.

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