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

Garen vs Zoe

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

based on 1,734 Garen vs Zoe matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Zoe as Garen resulted from an analysis of 1734 ranked rounds where both champions opposed one another. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Garen is forced to battle against Zoe in only 1.3% of his matches.

Garen vs Zoe Matchup Summary

Garen has done a decent job of beating Zoe. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.8% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Garen versus Zoe games, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Zoe.

Best Garen vs Zoe Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Sundered SkyDead Man's PlateHullbreakerSterak's Gage

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
8
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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R

Guide to Countering Zoe as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Zoe

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 Zoe

Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.

Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.

Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.

Garen vs Zoe Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Zoe Image
6
< Kills >
6.6
5.1
< Deaths >
5.6
3.8
< Assists >
7.2
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.44
177
< Minions Killed >
134
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.62
< Inhibitors >
0.42
13,657
< Physical Damage >
1,732
197
< Magic Damage >
17,569
4,648
< True Damage >
3,548
18,502
< Damage Dealt >
22,850
31,776
< Damage Taken >
18,760
12,125
< Gold Earned >
11,005
2.87
< Towers >
1.7
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,049
< Total Healing >
2,239
15,279
< Experience >
13,436
17
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
12
139
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Counter Zoe with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several influential Garen against Zoe matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between these two champions. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zoe’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zoe..

Garen typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zoe. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Zoe

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Zoe
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Zoe

Who is Better, Garen or Zoe?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually wins when trying to fight Zoe, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a good counter to Zoe.

While Garen does have a higher winrate compared to Zoe, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Zoe.

Additionally, Garen has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. 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 in League of Legends, in Garen vs Zoe matchups, Garen is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Garen is a decent counter to Zoe. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Garen against Zoe.

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 Zoe Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zoe as Garen, we analyzed 1,734 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 Zoe 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 in order to counter Zoe 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Zoe. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly 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 situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Garen versus Zoe build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Zoe than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Zoe with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Zoe as Garen, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Garen vs Zoe face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zoe as Garen are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.