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

Garen vs Renekton

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

based on 1,875 Garen vs Renekton matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League matches that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Renekton as Garen resulted from an analysis of 1875 ranked rounds where both champs fought each other. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Garen encounters Renekton in only 1.4% of his games.

Garen vs Renekton Matchup Summary

Garen has done a good job of countering Renekton. On average, he wins a whopping 52.3% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Garen vs Renekton games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood against Renekton.

Best Garen vs Renekton Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSundered SkyThornmailPhantom Dancer

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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
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 Renekton as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Renekton

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 Renekton

Keeping Renekton from being able to fight and gain Fury by continually harassing him will severely reduce the effectiveness of his abilities.

Pay close attention to Renekton's Fury gauge as that will usually signify when he is about to attack.

Garen vs Renekton Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Renekton Image
6.1
< Kills >
5.4
5.1
< Deaths >
6
4.1
< Assists >
4.9
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
179
< Minions Killed >
187
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.44
15,996
< Physical Damage >
17,239
255
< Magic Damage >
2,974
5,043
< True Damage >
810
21,294
< Damage Dealt >
21,023
31,555
< Damage Taken >
35,761
12,184
< Gold Earned >
11,810
2.82
< Towers >
2.21
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,305
< Total Healing >
10,446
15,221
< Experience >
14,853
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
141
< Time Dealing CC >
72

How to Counter Renekton with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some vital Garen vs. Renekton matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Renekton’s ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Renekton..

Garen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Renekton. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Renekton

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Renekton
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Renekton

Who is Better, Garen or Renekton?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually wins when playing against Renekton, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a good counter to Renekton.

While Garen does have a higher win rate compared to Renekton, when facing one another, Garen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Garen into Renekton.

Additionally, Garen also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Renekton. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Garen is an above average counter for Renekton. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Renekton.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Renekton Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Renekton as Garen, we analyzed 1,875 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 Renekton 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 learn all of the intricacies of Garen to counter Renekton 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Renekton. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Garen versus Renekton build consist of Black Cleaver, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Renekton than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Renekton with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Renekton as Garen, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Garen vs Renekton face-offs, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.3% win rate overall.

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