Garen vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Garen
based on 8,084 Garen vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Garen vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Garen vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Garen
Tips for Playing as Garen against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Garen vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Garen in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several vital Garen versus Mordekaiser counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Mordekaiser’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Mordekaiser..
Garen often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Mordekaiser. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Garen and Mordekaiser
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Who is Better, Garen or Mordekaiser?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when playing against Mordekaiser, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a bad counter to Mordekaiser.
While Garen does have a lower winrate than Mordekaiser, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Garen into Mordekaiser.
Moreover, Garen also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Garen is a garbage counter for Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Mordekaiser.
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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 Mordekaiser during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Garen often racks up a similar amount of CS as Mordekaiser. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Garen versus Mordekaiser build include Stridebreaker, Force of Nature, and Death's Dance. When Garen included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Mordekaiser than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Mordekaiser with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Mordekaiser 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 rune combinations players chose for Garen vs Mordekaiser battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.7% win rate overall.
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