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

Garen vs Seraphine

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

based on 6,226 Garen vs Seraphine matchups
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Seraphine as Garen resulted from an analysis of 6226 ranked matches where both champs faced off against one another. This particular champ pairing is relatively uncommon. Garen fights Seraphine in only 4.6% of his matches.

Garen vs Seraphine Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a below average job of countering Seraphine. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.3% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Garen against Seraphine rounds, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Seraphine.

Best Garen vs Seraphine Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinTitanic HydraSterak's GageBlack Cleaver

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
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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R

Guide to Countering Seraphine as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Seraphine

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 Seraphine Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
Seraphine Image
6
< Kills >
3.3
4.9
< Deaths >
5.5
3.8
< Assists >
11.9
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
0.71
178
< Minions Killed >
95
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.55
13,857
< Physical Damage >
1,389
197
< Magic Damage >
12,307
4,605
< True Damage >
528
18,659
< Damage Dealt >
14,225
31,350
< Damage Taken >
16,703
12,127
< Gold Earned >
9,834
2.84
< Towers >
2.22
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,182
< Total Healing >
3,693
15,309
< Experience >
11,767
17
< Vision Score >
41
8
< Wards Placed >
19
140
< Time Dealing CC >
254

How to Counter Seraphine with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some important Garen against Seraphine matchup stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Seraphine’s ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Seraphine..

Garen normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Seraphine. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Seraphine

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Seraphine
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Seraphine

Who is Better, Garen or Seraphine?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when taking on Seraphine, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Garen makes an ok counter for Seraphine.

While Garen does have a lower win rate compared to Seraphine, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Seraphine.

Furthermore, Garen also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Seraphine. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Seraphine matchups, Seraphine is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter to Seraphine. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Seraphine.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Seraphine Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Seraphine as Garen, we analyzed 6,226 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 Seraphine 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 truly master Garen in order to counter Seraphine during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often racks up more CS compared to Seraphine. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Garen versus Seraphine build include Phantom Dancer, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Seraphine than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 49.3% battling Seraphine with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Seraphine as Garen, you should use 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 used for Garen vs Seraphine clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Seraphine as Garen are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.