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

Garen vs Samira

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

based on 6,281 Garen vs Samira matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends matches each week. In our data, Garen fought Samira in 6281 rounds. Including so many matchups for Garen versus Samira gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide informative statistics and a recommended build to obliterate Samira. This pairing is relatively uncommon. Garen encounters Samira in only 4.6% of his games.

Garen vs Samira Matchup Summary

Garen has done a average job of beating Samira. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.0% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Garen versus Samira matches, Garen’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Samira.

Best Garen vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSundered SkyStridebreaker

Optional Items

Black CleaverSterak's GageDead Man's PlateSpear of Shojin

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
ResolveDemolishSecond Wind
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
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E
3
W
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Samira as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Samira

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.

Garen vs Samira Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Samira Image
6.2
< Kills >
9.3
5
< Deaths >
6.9
4.5
< Assists >
5.4
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
2.12
173
< Minions Killed >
167
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.45
14,499
< Physical Damage >
19,001
230
< Magic Damage >
2,477
4,755
< True Damage >
583
19,485
< Damage Dealt >
22,061
30,964
< Damage Taken >
23,813
12,057
< Gold Earned >
12,904
2.79
< Towers >
2.11
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
3,208
< Total Healing >
7,720
15,061
< Experience >
12,347
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
142
< Time Dealing CC >
27

How to Counter Samira with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several critical Garen vs. Samira counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Samira’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Samira..

Garen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Samira. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Samira

Who is Better, Garen or Samira?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when facing off against Samira, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Garen makes an ok counter for Samira.

While Garen does have a higher win rate than Samira, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Samira.

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

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

Garen is a decent counter for Samira. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Garen against Samira.

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 Samira Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Samira as Garen, we analyzed 6,281 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 Samira 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 Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Samira. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Garen versus Samira build include Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Samira than with many other typical builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Samira with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Samira as Garen, Garen players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Demolish, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Garen vs Samira face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Samira as Garen are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.