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

Garen vs Zeri

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

based on 1,447 Garen vs Zeri matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Garen fought Zeri in 1447 games. Using so many matchups for Garen vs Zeri provides us confidence in our capacity to produce useful data and a pro build to defeat your rival. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Garen encounters Zeri in only 1.1% of his games.

Garen vs Zeri Matchup Summary

Garen does a decent job of beating Zeri. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.5% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Garen against Zeri rounds, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Zeri.

Best Garen vs Zeri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateHullbreakerBlack CleaverForce of Nature

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

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
7
E
8
Q
9
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Q
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Q
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Zeri as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Zeri

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 Zeri Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Zeri Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.9
5.1
< Deaths >
5.9
4.2
< Assists >
6.8
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
177
< Minions Killed >
187
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.63
< Inhibitors >
0.49
14,376
< Physical Damage >
13,893
269
< Magic Damage >
6,323
4,888
< True Damage >
580
19,534
< Damage Dealt >
20,797
32,134
< Damage Taken >
23,006
12,244
< Gold Earned >
12,601
2.82
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
3,310
< Total Healing >
4,384
15,376
< Experience >
12,855
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
144
< Time Dealing CC >
121

How to Counter Zeri with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some important Garen against Zeri counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zeri’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zeri..

Garen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Zeri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Zeri

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Zeri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Zeri

Who is Better, Garen or Zeri?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when playing against Zeri, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a good counter to Zeri.

While Garen does have a higher win rate compared to Zeri, when facing one another, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Zeri.

Moreover, Garen also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zeri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Zeri matchups, Garen is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Garen is a decent counter to Zeri. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Garen against Zeri.

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 Zeri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zeri as Garen, we analyzed 1,447 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 Zeri 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 Zeri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zeri. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Garen versus Zeri build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Zeri than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 51.5% battling Zeri with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Zeri as Garen, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Garen vs Zeri clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.

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