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

Garen vs Ziggs

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

based on 2,033 Garen vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Ziggs as Garen came out of an evaluation of 2033 ranked matches where both champs clashed against one another. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Garen encounters Ziggs in only 1.5% of his rounds.

Garen vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Garen has done a good job of beating Ziggs. On average, he wins a terrific 52.8% of games the champs face each other in. In Garen versus Ziggs games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Garen vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Mortal ReminderPhantom DancerDead Man's PlateBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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 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
7
E
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Q
9
E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Ziggs as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Ziggs

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 Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Garen vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Ziggs Image
6.4
< Kills >
4.8
4.8
< Deaths >
5.6
4
< Assists >
7.7
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.13
177
< Minions Killed >
164
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.52
14,422
< Physical Damage >
791
233
< Magic Damage >
23,010
4,866
< True Damage >
324
19,523
< Damage Dealt >
24,126
32,629
< Damage Taken >
17,318
12,372
< Gold Earned >
11,276
2.82
< Towers >
2.74
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,642
< Total Healing >
1,528
15,684
< Experience >
13,404
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
148
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Counter Ziggs with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here show some strategic Garen against Ziggs counter statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ziggs..

Garen usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Ziggs

Who is Better, Garen or Ziggs?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually wins when facing off against Ziggs, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a good counter for Ziggs.

While Garen does have a higher win rate compared to Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Garen into Ziggs.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Ziggs matchups, Garen is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Garen is an above average counter for Ziggs. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Garen against Ziggs.

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 Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Garen, we analyzed 2,033 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 Ziggs 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

Garen Build Ziggs Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Garen to counter Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Ziggs. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Garen versus Ziggs build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Ziggs than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 52.8% battling Ziggs with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Ziggs as Garen, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Garen vs Ziggs face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Garen are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.