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How to Win Illaoi vs Garen Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Illaoi

based on 2,733 Illaoi vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
1.38
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Garen as Illaoi resulted from an examination of 2733 ranked games where both champs opposed one another. This matchup is somewhat rare. Illaoi is forced to battle against Garen in only 3.8% of her games.

Illaoi vs Garen Matchup Summary

Illaoi has done a average job of countering Garen. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.7% of games the champs oppose one another in. In Illaoi vs Garen rounds, Illaoi’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood against Garen.

Best Illaoi vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanHullbreakerBlack CleaverIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Illaoi to level upe
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Second ability for Illaoi to level upq
>
Last skill for Illaoi to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
3
E
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E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Garen as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Garen

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Advice to Win Against Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Illaoi vs Garen Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Garen Image
4.8
< Kills >
6.2
6.5
< Deaths >
4.6
4.2
< Assists >
4.2
1.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.43
193
< Minions Killed >
171
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.56
24,759
< Physical Damage >
14,385
798
< Magic Damage >
217
394
< True Damage >
5,137
25,951
< Damage Dealt >
19,740
34,731
< Damage Taken >
32,414
11,915
< Gold Earned >
12,033
2.75
< Towers >
2.57
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,333
< Total Healing >
3,529
15,291
< Experience >
15,546
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
439
< Time Dealing CC >
139

How to Counter Garen with Illaoi in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical Illaoi against Garen counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between the pair. Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Garen..

Illaoi usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Garen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Illaoi and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Garen

Who is Better, Illaoi or Garen?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when taking on Garen, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes an ok counter for Garen.

While Illaoi does have a lower win rate compared to Garen, when facing one another, Illaoi also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Illaoi into Garen.

Additionally, Illaoi has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Illaoi is a somewhat poor counter to Garen. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Illaoi against Garen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi

Illaoi Loses Against

MordekaiserMordekaiser42.8% winrateZyraZyra43.9% winrateYorickYorick44.1% winrateKayleKayle44.3% winrate

Illaoi Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.1% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZyraZyra+ 53.7% 3076 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.4% 4331 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 56% 2582 GamesCamilleCamille+ 56.6% 143 Games

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Illaoi, we analyzed 2,733 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 Garen as Illaoi 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

Illaoi Build Garen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Garen. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Illaoi versus Garen build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Garen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Garen with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Garen as Illaoi, Illaoi players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Illaoi vs Garen face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.

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