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

Garen vs Shaco

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

based on 4,798 Garen vs Shaco matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League games each week. In our data, Garen battled Shaco in 4798 games. Including so many games with Garen vs Shaco gives us a lot of faith in our capability to produce actionable statistics and a supported build to destroy your opponent. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Garen fights Shaco in only 3.5% of his matches.

Garen vs Shaco Matchup Summary

Garen does a average job of beating Shaco. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Garen against Shaco games, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood against Shaco.

Best Garen vs Shaco Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Sterak's GageKaenic RookernSundered SkyBlack Cleaver

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
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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
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E
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Shaco

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 Shaco

If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.

If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.

Garen vs Shaco Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Shaco Image
6.4
< Kills >
6.8
5.1
< Deaths >
6
3.9
< Assists >
8.3
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
184
< Minions Killed >
37
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
1.02
0.68
< Inhibitors >
0.38
14,693
< Physical Damage >
7,145
232
< Magic Damage >
10,285
4,868
< True Damage >
1,623
19,793
< Damage Dealt >
19,054
33,317
< Damage Taken >
26,014
12,656
< Gold Earned >
11,308
2.9
< Towers >
1.14
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.21
3,460
< Total Healing >
8,883
15,936
< Experience >
13,091
18
< Vision Score >
31
8
< Wards Placed >
11
150
< Time Dealing CC >
602

How to Counter Shaco with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Garen versus Shaco matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shaco..

Garen often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Shaco. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Shaco

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Shaco
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Shaco

Who is Better, Garen or Shaco?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shaco, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes an ok counter for Shaco.

While Garen does have a higher win rate compared to Shaco, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Shaco.

Moreover, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. 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 Shaco matchups, Garen is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Garen is a decent counter for Shaco. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Garen against Shaco.

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 Shaco Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shaco as Garen, we analyzed 4,798 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 Shaco 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 truly master Garen in order to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average racks up much more CS relative to Shaco. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Garen versus Shaco build consist of Phantom Dancer, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Shaco than with most other common builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 50.4% battling Shaco with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Shaco 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. Out of all the runes players picked for Garen vs Shaco face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.

If you need to view Garen versus Shaco tips and counter stats for a a distinct rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and strategies shown are calculated using every round run with both champions.