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How to Synergize Garen with Aatrox on the Same TeamGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen with Aatrox

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How to Synergize Garen and Aatrox

based on 741 Garen with Aatrox pairs
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has gone into battle with Aatrox in 741 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much complete data from the publishers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can showcase robust, accurate builds to help Garen play with Aatrox. It is very rare for Garen to play with Aatrox as allies. This pairing has only happened in approx. 0.5% of matches with Garen.

Garen Aatrox Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a dismal job of teaming up with Aatrox. Usually, he wins a lowly 48.4% of games the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Garen when playing alongside Aatrox by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Aatrox Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerHullbreakerSundered SkyBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
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R
12
Q
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Q
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W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Garen and Aatrox

Tips for Playing as Garen with Aatrox

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

Advice to Understand How Aatrox Will Play

Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.

Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.

Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.

Garen Aatrox Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Aatrox Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.1
4.9
< Deaths >
5.1
4.2
< Assists >
4
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
139
< Minions Killed >
177
0.43
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.6
12,306
< Physical Damage >
14,138
209
< Magic Damage >
217
4,271
< True Damage >
4,716
16,787
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
31,182
< Damage Taken >
31,656
11,832
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.5
< Towers >
2.76
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,144
< Total Healing >
3,226
14,169
< Experience >
15,287
18
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
171
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Aatrox as Garen in LoL

The Garen Aatrox synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aatrox, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Garen sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aatrox. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Aatrox helps Garen perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Garen is paired with Aatrox, he gets a measurable drop in his total damage output. This could indicate that Aatrox doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played together with Aatrox on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Aatrox.

Moreover, when Garen plays with Aatrox on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Aatrox does a decent job of protecting Garen in team fights.

Synergies between Garen and Aatrox

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Aatrox
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Aatrox

Is Garen better when played alongside Aatrox?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Garen that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, Aatrox is a very typical ally for Garen. By being on the same team as Garen, he drops their win rate by -0.3% to 48.4%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Garen and Aatrox that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Aatrox has a lower difficulty than Garen. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Aatrox comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

When playing alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by aligning Garen and Aatrox together, you will not be providing your other teammates much AP. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Aatrox teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Aatrox Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Aatrox, we analyzed 741 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Garen with Aatrox comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen to work well with Aatrox during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to get in your Garen and Aatrox synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Aatrox than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 48.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Aatrox with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.

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