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

Garen vs Pyke

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

based on 4,463 Garen vs Pyke matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League games every week. Within our database, Garen did battle with Pyke 4463 times. Having so many games with Garen versus Pyke gives us faith in our capacity to provide informative data and a solid build to counter your opponent. This matchup is relatively rare. Garen has to counter Pyke in only 3.3% of his matches.

Garen vs Pyke Matchup Summary

Garen does a ok job of countering Pyke. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.2% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Garen vs Pyke rounds, Garen’s side is 0.3% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood versus Pyke.

Best Garen vs Pyke Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSundered SkyStridebreaker

Optional Items

Death's DanceSterak's GageMortal ReminderDead 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

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
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 Pyke as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Pyke

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 Pyke

Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!

When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.

Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.

Garen vs Pyke Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Pyke Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.9
5.4
< Deaths >
7
4.2
< Assists >
8.6
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
175
< Minions Killed >
38
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.36
14,523
< Physical Damage >
9,873
237
< Magic Damage >
62
4,726
< True Damage >
2,397
19,486
< Damage Dealt >
12,332
31,447
< Damage Taken >
22,030
12,186
< Gold Earned >
10,207
2.79
< Towers >
1.18
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,092
< Total Healing >
4,866
15,248
< Experience >
10,697
16
< Vision Score >
65
8
< Wards Placed >
30
142
< Time Dealing CC >
97

How to Counter Pyke with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Garen versus Pyke matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..

Garen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Pyke. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Pyke

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Pyke
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Pyke

Who is Better, Garen or Pyke?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when playing against Pyke, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Garen makes an ok counter to Pyke.

While Garen does have a higher win rate compared to Pyke, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Pyke.

Additionally, Garen also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Pyke matchups, Garen is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Garen is a decent counter to Pyke. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Pyke.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

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Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Pyke Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pyke as Garen, we analyzed 4,463 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 Pyke 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually picks up much more CS compared to Pyke. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Garen versus Pyke build consist of Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Pyke than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 50.2% when playing against Pyke with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of beating Pyke as Garen, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Garen vs Pyke counters, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.

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