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Garen vs Nidalee

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

based on 893 Garen vs Nidalee matchups
Win Rate
54.9 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Nidalee as Garen came out of an evaluation of 893 ranked matches where both champions engaged one another. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Garen fights Nidalee in only 0.7% of his rounds.

Garen vs Nidalee Matchup Summary

Garen does a great job of countering Nidalee. Normally, he wins a whopping 54.9% of matches the champions battle each other in. In Garen vs Nidalee games, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Nidalee.

Best Garen vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceForce of NatureStridebreaker

Optional Items

HullbreakerDead Man's PlateSundered SkyBlack 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

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
7
E
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Nidalee as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Nidalee

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 Nidalee

Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.

Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.

Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.

Garen vs Nidalee Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
54.9 %
VS
Win Rate
45.1 %
Nidalee Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.5
4.8
< Deaths >
5.9
3.7
< Assists >
7
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.46
170
< Minions Killed >
41
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.99
0.63
< Inhibitors >
0.42
13,345
< Physical Damage >
1,283
229
< Magic Damage >
15,388
4,390
< True Damage >
973
17,965
< Damage Dealt >
17,645
30,277
< Damage Taken >
30,239
11,762
< Gold Earned >
11,061
2.76
< Towers >
1.38
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.2
3,120
< Total Healing >
15,520
14,868
< Experience >
12,493
17
< Vision Score >
24
8
< Wards Placed >
8
138
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Nidalee with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Garen against Nidalee counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nidalee..

Garen often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Nidalee

Who is Better, Garen or Nidalee?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 54.9% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a great counter to Nidalee.

While Garen does have a much higher winrate than Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Garen into Nidalee.

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

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Nidalee matchups, Garen is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Garen is a great counter for Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Nidalee.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Nidalee Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nidalee as Garen, we analyzed 893 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 Nidalee 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 in order to counter Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually accumulates much more CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Garen versus Nidalee build include Trinity Force, Force of Nature, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Nidalee than with most other common builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 54.9% battling Nidalee with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Nidalee as Garen, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Garen vs Nidalee battles, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.9% winrate overall.

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