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Garen vs Teemo

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

based on 11,187 Garen vs Teemo matchups
Win Rate
45.5 %
K/D/A
1.96
Pick Rate
8.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League matches every week. Within our data, Garen fought Teemo in 11187 matches. Using so many games with Garen vs Teemo provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to provide actionable data and a solid build to defeat your rival. This counter matchup is fairly uncommon. Garen is forced to battle against Teemo in only 8.3% of his rounds.

Garen vs Teemo Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a awful job of countering Teemo. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.5% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Garen against Teemo rounds, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood against Teemo.

Best Garen vs Teemo Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageDead Man's PlateForce of Nature

Optional Items

Phantom DancerSpear of ShojinWit's EndMortal Reminder

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
>
Second ability for Garen to level upq
>
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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
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R
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Q
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Teemo as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Teemo

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 Teemo

Teemo's Toxic Shot punishes players who get hit and back out, so stay at a safe range until you're ready to commit.

It can be valuable to use Oracle's Lens(Trinket) to destroy mushrooms around key locations.

Garen vs Teemo Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
45.5 %
VS
Win Rate
54.5 %
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6.2
< Kills >
5.2
5.1
< Deaths >
6.2
3.8
< Assists >
6.6
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.2
174
< Minions Killed >
141
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.48
12,351
< Physical Damage >
2,839
182
< Magic Damage >
23,153
4,720
< True Damage >
1,729
17,253
< Damage Dealt >
27,722
33,748
< Damage Taken >
21,487
12,156
< Gold Earned >
11,505
2.58
< Towers >
2.04
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
3,400
< Total Healing >
2,943
15,678
< Experience >
14,631
16
< Vision Score >
26
7
< Wards Placed >
11
139
< Time Dealing CC >
493

How to Counter Teemo with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Garen vs. Teemo counter statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Teemo’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Teemo..

Garen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Teemo. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Teemo

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Teemo
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Teemo

Who is Better, Garen or Teemo?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when facing off against Teemo, with a 45.5% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a poor counter to Teemo.

While Garen does have a much lower winrate than Teemo, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Garen into Teemo.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Teemo matchups, Teemo is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Garen is a trash counter to Teemo. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Teemo.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Teemo Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Teemo as Garen, we analyzed 11,187 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 Teemo 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 truly master Garen in order to counter Teemo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Teemo. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Garen versus Teemo build consist of Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Teemo than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 45.5% when countering Teemo with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating Teemo as Garen, Garen players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Garen vs Teemo counters, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Teemo as Garen are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.