Kha'Zix vs Garen
How to Beat Garen as Kha'Zix
based on 3,495 Kha'Zix vs Garen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Garen Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Garen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Garen as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Garen
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix vs Garen Counter Stats
How to Counter Garen with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some critical Kha'Zix against Garen matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Garen..
Kha'Zix normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Garen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Garen
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Garen?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Garen, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Kha'Zix makes an ok counter to Garen.
While Kha'Zix does have a lower winrate than Garen, when facing one another, Kha'Zix also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kha'Zix into Garen.
Moreover, Kha'Zix also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kha'Zix is a somewhat poor counter for Garen. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kha'Zix against Garen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kha'Zix to counter Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix usually accumulates a lot less CS as Garen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kha'Zix versus Garen build include Guardian Angel, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Kha'Zix used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Garen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kha'Zix had an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Garen with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Garen as Kha'Zix, Kha'Zix players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kha'Zix vs Garen counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Garen as Kha'Zix are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.