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How to Synergize Garen with K'Sante on the Same TeamGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen with K'Sante

How to Win With Garen and K'Sante Paired TogetherGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Garen and K'Sante

based on 283 Garen with K'Sante pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
0.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has fought alongside K'Sante in 283 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much complete data straight from the hosts of LoL, we are totally sure that we can give you robust, accurate builds to help Garen play with K'Sante. It is very rare for Garen to play with K'Sante as allies. This has only occurred in approx. 0.2% of matches with Garen.

Garen K'Sante Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a dismal job of fighting on the same side as K'Sante. Usually, he wins an acceptable 49.1% of rounds the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Garen when playing with K'Sante by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with them, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Black CleaverSundered Sky

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
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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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
8
Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Garen and K'Sante

Tips for Playing as Garen with K'Sante

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 K'Sante Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Garen K'Sante Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
K'Sante Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.1
5.1
< Deaths >
5.1
4.1
< Assists >
4
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
148
< Minions Killed >
177
0.35
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.73
< Inhibitors >
0.6
13,684
< Physical Damage >
14,138
226
< Magic Damage >
217
4,735
< True Damage >
4,716
18,646
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
32,094
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,279
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.57
< Towers >
2.76
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,890
< Total Healing >
3,226
14,783
< Experience >
15,287
19
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
161
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with K'Sante as Garen in LoL

The Garen K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 K'Sante. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that K'Sante helps Garen perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Garen plays on the same team as K'Sante, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This could demonstrate that K'Sante doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that their support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with K'Sante on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with K'Sante.

Moreover, when Garen plays with K'Sante on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that K'Sante does a poor job of protecting Garen during teamfights.

Synergies between Garen and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Garen
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
K'Sante

Is Garen better when played alongside K'Sante?

There is no top ally for Garen that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, overall, K'Sante is a very typical ally for Garen. By locking into the same team as Garen, they improves their win rate by 0.4% to 49.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak synergy between Garen and K'Sante that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

K'Sante has a much greater difficulty compared to Garen. That means Garen players should be very careful when lining up K'Sante comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to work well with you.

Playing on the same side, Garen players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by pairing Garen and K'Sante together, you may not be providing your other allies much crowd control. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their kit.

Regardless of your K'Sante ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen K'Sante Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and K'Sante, we analyzed 283 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 K'Sante 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 truly master Garen in order to synergize with K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to build first in your Garen and K'Sante synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with K'Sante than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing alongside K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Garen and K'Sante pairings, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.

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