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

Garen vs Rumble

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

based on 2,161 Garen vs Rumble matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
1.81
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Rumble as Garen came out of an examination of 2161 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Garen encounters Rumble in only 1.6% of his rounds.

Garen vs Rumble Matchup Summary

Garen does a average job of countering Rumble. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.9% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Garen vs Rumble matches, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood versus Rumble.

Best Garen vs Rumble Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Force of NatureBlack CleaverPhantom DancerSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Rumble as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Rumble

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 Rumble

Rumble deals almost entirely magic damage. Build some Magic Resistance to reduce his damage.

Watch Rumble's Heat bar carefully. If you see him Overheat, go in for the kill while his skills are disabled.

Rumble's ultimate can deal a lot of damage if you stay inside the area of effect. When you see the missiles falling, move out of the way as quickly as possible.

Garen vs Rumble Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Rumble Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.8
5.4
< Deaths >
6.1
4
< Assists >
6.8
1.31
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
174
< Minions Killed >
154
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.25
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.37
12,548
< Physical Damage >
987
171
< Magic Damage >
23,635
4,500
< True Damage >
1,077
17,219
< Damage Dealt >
25,701
31,988
< Damage Taken >
25,075
12,074
< Gold Earned >
11,833
2.78
< Towers >
1.61
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
2,974
< Total Healing >
3,717
15,302
< Experience >
14,754
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
137
< Time Dealing CC >
283

How to Counter Rumble with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page show some critical Garen vs. Rumble counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rumble’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rumble..

Garen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Rumble. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Rumble

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Rumble
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Rumble

Who is Better, Garen or Rumble?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rumble, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Garen makes an ok counter for Rumble.

While Garen does have a lower win rate than Rumble, when facing one another, Garen also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Rumble.

Furthermore, Garen also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rumble. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Rumble matchups, Rumble 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 somewhat poor counter for Rumble. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Rumble.

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 Rumble Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rumble as Garen, we analyzed 2,161 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 Rumble 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen to counter Rumble during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Rumble. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Garen versus Rumble build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Rumble than with most other typical builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Rumble with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Rumble as Garen, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Garen vs Rumble face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.

If you need to see Garen vs Rumble tips and counter builds for a a distinct skill level, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies given are computed using all matches run with these champions.