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How to Win Taric vs Garen Counter MatchupTaric is in the s tier of champions

Taric vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Taric in LoLTaric is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Taric

based on 1,343 Taric vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
53.1 %
K/D/A
2.88
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League rounds each week. In our dataset, Taric battled Garen in 1343 matches. With so many games with Taric vs Garen provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to produce enlightening stats and a supported build to defeat your opposition. This pairing is somewhat rare. Taric fights Garen in only 3.5% of his matches.

Taric vs Garen Matchup Summary

Taric does a good job of countering Garen. Normally, he wins a fantastic 53.1% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Taric against Garen matches, Taric’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Garen.

Best Taric vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Taric Items

~22 Mins
FimbulwinterLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

ThornmailKnight's VowFrozen HeartTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Taric's passive ability p
Taric's q ability q
Taric's w ability w
Taric's e ability e
Taric's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
E
9
E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
14
W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Garen as Taric

Tips for Playing as Taric against Garen

The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.

Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.

Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.

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.

Taric vs Garen Counter Stats

Taric Image
Win Rate
53.1 %
VS
Win Rate
46.9 %
Garen Image
2
< Kills >
5.7
5.6
< Deaths >
4.9
14.1
< Assists >
4.2
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.31
36
< Minions Killed >
173
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.58
2,062
< Physical Damage >
13,557
4,558
< Magic Damage >
190
753
< True Damage >
4,381
7,374
< Damage Dealt >
18,128
22,779
< Damage Taken >
30,426
8,573
< Gold Earned >
11,765
2.23
< Towers >
2.74
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
11,418
< Total Healing >
3,172
10,651
< Experience >
14,811
47
< Vision Score >
16
20
< Wards Placed >
8
398
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Garen with Taric in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some valuable Taric versus Garen counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Garen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Garen. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Taric typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Garen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Taric and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Taric
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taric
Garen

Who is Better, Taric or Garen?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when facing off against Garen, with a 53.1% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a great counter for Garen.

While Taric does have a higher win rate than Garen, when facing one another, Taric also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Taric into Garen.

Additionally, Taric also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs Garen matchups, Taric is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Taric is a great counter to Garen. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Taric against Garen.

Additional Information for Taric Players

How We Calculated Our Taric vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Taric, we analyzed 1,343 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 Taric 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Taric to counter Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taric on average gets a lot less CS compared to Garen. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot 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 ideal items to prioritize in your Taric versus Garen build include Fimbulwinter, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Garen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 53.1% battling Garen with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Garen as Taric, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Taric vs Garen LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.1% win rate overall.

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