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

Garen vs Warwick

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

based on 6,402 Garen vs Warwick matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
4.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Warwick as Garen came out of an analysis of 6402 ranked games where both champions battled one another. This particular pairing is somewhat uncommon. Garen encounters Warwick in only 4.7% of his rounds.

Garen vs Warwick Matchup Summary

Garen does a average job of beating Warwick. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.7% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Garen vs Warwick games, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably won't get first blood versus Warwick.

Best Garen vs Warwick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Sterak's GageKaenic RookernChempunk ChainswordSundered Sky

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
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
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
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Warwick as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Warwick

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 Warwick

Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.

Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.

Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.

Garen vs Warwick Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Warwick Image
6.2
< Kills >
7
5.3
< Deaths >
6.9
4.5
< Assists >
6.8
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
167
< Minions Killed >
50
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
1.4
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.4
14,639
< Physical Damage >
7,495
282
< Magic Damage >
8,685
4,744
< True Damage >
843
19,666
< Damage Dealt >
17,024
31,247
< Damage Taken >
39,672
11,932
< Gold Earned >
11,501
2.66
< Towers >
1.33
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
3,266
< Total Healing >
21,240
14,956
< Experience >
13,149
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
7
139
< Time Dealing CC >
288

How to Counter Warwick with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some vital Garen versus Warwick matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between this set of champs. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Warwick’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Warwick..

Garen often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Warwick. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Warwick

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Warwick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Warwick

Who is Better, Garen or Warwick?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Warwick, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes an ok counter to Warwick.

While Garen does have a lower win rate than Warwick, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Warwick.

Moreover, Garen also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Warwick. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Warwick matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

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

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 Warwick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Warwick as Garen, we analyzed 6,402 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 Warwick 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 learn all of the intricacies of Garen to counter Warwick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually accumulates much more CS compared to Warwick. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Garen versus Warwick build include 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 when fighting Warwick than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Warwick with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Warwick as Garen, Garen players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Garen vs Warwick counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Warwick as Garen are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu above.