Garen vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Garen
based on 2,761 Garen vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Garen vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Garen vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Garen
Tips for Playing as Garen against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Garen vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Garen in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some influential Garen versus Syndra counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Syndra..
Garen often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Syndra. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Garen and Syndra
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Who is Better, Garen or Syndra?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when taking on Syndra, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Garen makes an ok counter to Syndra.
While Garen does have a higher winrate compared to Syndra, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Syndra.
Moreover, Garen also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Syndra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Syndra matchups, Garen 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 teamfights.
Garen is a decent counter for Syndra. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Garen to counter Syndra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Garen often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Syndra. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Garen versus Syndra build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Syndra than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Syndra with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Syndra as Garen, Garen players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Garen vs Syndra matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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