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

Garen vs Vayne

How to Beat Vayne as Garen in LoLGaren is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Vayne as Garen

based on 7,322 Garen vs Vayne matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
5.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our data, Garen battled Vayne in 7322 rounds. Including so many matchups for Garen vs Vayne gives us faith in our capability to prepare useful data and a recommended build to obliterate your opponent. This particular champ matchup is relatively uncommon. Garen encounters Vayne in only 5.4% of his games.

Garen vs Vayne Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a dismal job of beating Vayne. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Garen vs Vayne games, Garen’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Vayne.

Best Garen vs Vayne 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 DancerDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Youmuu's GhostbladeSpear of ShojinSterak's GageTrinity Force

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 ForceMagic Resist
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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W
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Vayne

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 Vayne

Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.

Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Garen vs Vayne Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Vayne Image
5.9
< Kills >
7.5
5.2
< Deaths >
6.2
4
< Assists >
5.5
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
171
< Minions Killed >
162
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.5
13,108
< Physical Damage >
15,447
217
< Magic Damage >
1,536
4,487
< True Damage >
4,793
17,813
< Damage Dealt >
21,777
31,223
< Damage Taken >
21,518
11,872
< Gold Earned >
12,135
2.7
< Towers >
2.29
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
3,055
< Total Healing >
6,071
14,998
< Experience >
12,989
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
138
< Time Dealing CC >
70

How to Counter Vayne with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several strategic Garen against Vayne counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vayne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vayne..

Garen often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vayne. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Vayne

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Vayne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Vayne

Who is Better, Garen or Vayne?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when facing off against Vayne, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a bad counter for Vayne.

While Garen does have a lower winrate than Vayne, when facing one another, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Garen into Vayne.

Furthermore, Garen also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vayne. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Garen is a terribly counter to Vayne. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Garen against Vayne.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Vayne Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vayne as Garen, we analyzed 7,322 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 Vayne 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

To truly master Garen in order to counter Vayne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Vayne. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Garen versus Vayne build consist of Phantom Dancer, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Vayne than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Vayne with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Vayne as Garen, you should equip 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 used for Garen vs Vayne fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.

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