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How to Win Udyr vs Garen Counter MatchupUdyr is in the s tier of champions

Udyr vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Udyr in LoLUdyr is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Udyr

based on 4,107 Udyr vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. In our database, Udyr did battle with Garen in 4107 games. Using so many matchups for Udyr versus Garen provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce useful stats and a pro build to crush your foe. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Udyr has to counter Garen in only 3.6% of his matches.

Udyr vs Garen Matchup Summary

Udyr has done a good job of countering Garen. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.9% of matches the champs face one another in. In Udyr versus Garen rounds, Udyr’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Garen.

Best Udyr vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Udyr Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceFrozen HeartHullbreaker

Optional Items

FimbulwinterUnending DespairSterak's GageSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Udyr's passive ability p
Udyr's q ability q
Udyr's w ability w
Udyr's e ability e
Udyr's ultimate ability r
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Q
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R
3
W
4
E
5
Q
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Q
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Q
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E
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W

Guide to Countering Garen as Udyr

Tips for Playing as Udyr against Garen

Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.

Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.

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.

Udyr vs Garen Counter Stats

Udyr Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Garen Image
5
< Kills >
5.8
5.5
< Deaths >
5
7
< Assists >
3.8
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
84
< Minions Killed >
178
1.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.57
7,817
< Physical Damage >
14,292
8,643
< Magic Damage >
192
759
< True Damage >
4,564
17,220
< Damage Dealt >
19,049
32,163
< Damage Taken >
31,155
11,414
< Gold Earned >
11,913
1.88
< Towers >
2.66
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
13,453
< Total Healing >
3,135
14,146
< Experience >
15,087
19
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
2,088
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Counter Garen with Udyr in LoL

The stats shown here feature some important Udyr vs. Garen matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Udyr’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Udyr may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Garen..

Udyr often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Garen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Udyr and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Udyr
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Udyr
Garen

Who is Better, Udyr or Garen?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Udyr usually wins when facing off against Garen, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Udyr makes a good counter for Garen.

While Udyr does have a higher winrate than Garen, when they face off with one another, Udyr also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Udyr into Garenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Udyr has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Udyr vs Garen matchups, Udyr is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Udyr is an above average counter to Garen. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Udyr against Garen.

Additional Information for Udyr Players

How We Calculated Our Udyr vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Udyr, we analyzed 4,107 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 Udyr 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Udyr to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Udyr often accumulates less CS relative to Garen. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, 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 situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Udyr versus Garen build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Hullbreaker. When Udyr included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Garen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Udyr boasted an average win rate of 52.9% when countering Garen with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of beating Garen as Udyr, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Udyr vs Garen fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.9% win rate overall.

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