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How to Win Zeri vs Garen Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Zeri

based on 1,447 Zeri vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL games each week. Within our data, Zeri did battle with Garen 1447 times. Using so many games with Zeri versus Garen provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce actionable statistics and a recommended build to obliterate your rival. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Zeri is forced to battle against Garen in only 3.7% of their games.

Zeri vs Garen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri has done a poor job of beating Garen. Typically, they wins a acceptable 48.5% of games the champions fight one another in. In Zeri vs Garen rounds, Zeri’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that they probably will get first blood against Garen.

Best Zeri vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordNoonquiver

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterRunaan's HurricaneTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Phantom DancerLord Dominik's RegardsStormrazorExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
6
Q
7
E
8
Q
9
E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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R
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W

Guide to Countering Garen as Zeri

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.

Zeri vs Garen Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Garen Image
6.9
< Kills >
6.2
5.9
< Deaths >
5.1
6.8
< Assists >
4.2
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.43
187
< Minions Killed >
177
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.63
13,893
< Physical Damage >
14,376
6,323
< Magic Damage >
269
580
< True Damage >
4,888
20,797
< Damage Dealt >
19,534
23,006
< Damage Taken >
32,134
12,601
< Gold Earned >
12,244
2.3
< Towers >
2.82
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,384
< Total Healing >
3,310
12,855
< Experience >
15,376
18
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
121
< Time Dealing CC >
144

How to Counter Garen with Zeri in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several critical Zeri against Garen counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Garen..

Zeri often has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. On average, they receives less damage than Garen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zeri and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Garen

Who is Better, Zeri or Garen?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when facing off against Garen, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Zeri makes a poor counter to Garen.

While Zeri does have a lower winrate compared to Garen, when they face off with one another, Zeri also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zeri into Garen.

Additionally, Zeri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Zeri is a somewhat poor counter for Garen. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zeri against Garen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Zeri, we analyzed 1,447 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 Zeri 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

Zeri Build Garen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zeri in order to counter Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Garen. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Zeri versus Garen build include Bloodthirster, Runaan's Hurricane, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri used at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when fighting Garen than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Zeri boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Garen with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Garen as Zeri, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Zeri vs Garen clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Garen as Zeri are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.