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

Garen vs Yone

How to Beat Yone as Garen in LoLGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Yone as Garen

based on 8,838 Garen vs Yone matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
6.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Yone as Garen came out of an examination of 8838 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This particular counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Garen is forced to battle against Yone in only 6.5% of his games.

Garen vs Yone Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a below average job of countering Yone. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.9% of games the champions battle each other in. In Garen against Yone matches, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Yone.

Best Garen vs Yone Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinInfinity EdgeSterak's GageDeath's Dance

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
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
6
R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Yone as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Yone

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.

Garen vs Yone Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Yone Image
6.4
< Kills >
6.6
5
< Deaths >
6.8
4.2
< Assists >
5
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
175
< Minions Killed >
180
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.44
14,067
< Physical Damage >
15,923
241
< Magic Damage >
4,747
4,689
< True Damage >
2,790
18,997
< Damage Dealt >
23,460
31,758
< Damage Taken >
25,697
12,141
< Gold Earned >
12,269
2.71
< Towers >
2.07
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
3,301
< Total Healing >
6,008
15,339
< Experience >
15,004
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
142
< Time Dealing CC >
203

How to Counter Yone with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some vital Garen versus Yone counter statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yone’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yone..

Garen often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Yone. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Yone

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Yone
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Yone

Who is Better, Garen or Yone?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when facing off against Yone, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a poor counter for Yone.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Yone, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Yone.

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Yone matchups, Yone is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter to Yone. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Yone.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Yone Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Yone as Garen, we analyzed 8,838 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 Yone 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen to counter Yone during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Yone. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Garen versus Yone build include Phantom Dancer, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Yone than with most other common builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Yone with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Yone as Garen, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Garen vs Yone counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.

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