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

Garen vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Garen in LoLGaren is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rengar as Garen

based on 4,254 Garen vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Rengar as Garen came out of an evaluation of 4254 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. Garen encounters Rengar in only 3.1% of his rounds.

Garen vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Garen has done a ok job of beating Rengar. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.8% of games the champions fight each other in. In Garen against Rengar rounds, Garen’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Rengar.

Best Garen vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTrinity Force

Optional Items

Phantom DancerThornmailSundered SkyDeath's Dance

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
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
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E
5
E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Garen vs Rengar Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Rengar Image
6.2
< Kills >
7.9
4.9
< Deaths >
6.9
3.9
< Assists >
6.1
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.81
181
< Minions Killed >
42
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.33
0.65
< Inhibitors >
0.37
14,446
< Physical Damage >
17,346
204
< Magic Damage >
1,252
4,642
< True Damage >
1,125
19,292
< Damage Dealt >
19,725
31,119
< Damage Taken >
33,998
12,353
< Gold Earned >
12,831
2.92
< Towers >
1.26
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
3,109
< Total Healing >
16,283
15,512
< Experience >
14,026
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
5
139
< Time Dealing CC >
235

How to Counter Rengar with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Garen versus Rengar counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rengar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rengar..

Garen normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Rengar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Rengar

Who is Better, Garen or Rengar?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rengar, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes an ok counter to Rengar.

While Garen does have a higher win rate than Rengar, when facing one another, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Rengar.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Rengar 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 teamfights.

Garen is a decent counter for Rengar. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Rengar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

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

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Garen, we analyzed 4,254 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 Rengar 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Garen in order to counter Rengar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often gets much more CS relative to Rengar. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Garen versus Rengar build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Garen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Rengar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Rengar with this counter build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Rengar as Garen, Garen players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Garen vs Rengar face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% win rate overall.

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