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

Garen with Nidalee

How to Win With Garen and Nidalee Paired TogetherGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Garen and Nidalee

based on 898 Garen with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
42.1 %
K/D/A
1.86
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each week. Garen has fought alongside Nidalee in 898 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much great data from the creators of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Garen play with Nidalee. It is very rare for Garen to play with Nidalee as allies. This pairing has only taken place in about 0.7% of matches with Garen.

Garen Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Nidalee. Usually, he wins a dismal 42.1% of matches the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Garen when playing with Nidalee by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

HullbreakerSundered SkyBlack CleaverForce of Nature

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
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Garen and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Garen with Nidalee

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 Nidalee Will Play

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Garen Nidalee Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
42.1 %
VS
Win Rate
57.9 %
Nidalee Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.1
5.1
< Deaths >
5.1
3.7
< Assists >
4
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
181
< Minions Killed >
177
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.6
14,076
< Physical Damage >
14,138
225
< Magic Damage >
217
4,613
< True Damage >
4,716
18,915
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
31,614
< Damage Taken >
31,656
11,946
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.64
< Towers >
2.76
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,757
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,039
< Experience >
15,287
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
146
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Nidalee as Garen in LoL

The Garen Nidalee synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nidalee, 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 Nidalee. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nidalee helps Garen perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Garen tries to synergize with Nidalee, he gets a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Nidalee does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with Nidalee on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nidalee. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nidalee.

Moreover, when Garen plays with Nidalee on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Nidalee does a decent job of covering Garen in team fights.

Synergies between Garen and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Nidalee

Is Garen better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Garen that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Nidalee is a terrible ally for Garen. By being on the same team as Garen, she lowers their win rate by -6.6% to 42.1%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Garen and Nidalee that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Nidalee has a greater difficulty than Garen. That means Garen players should be cautious when finding Nidalee teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Working cooperatively, Garen players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by pairing Garen and Nidalee together, you probably will not be granting your side a great deal of utility. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Nidalee ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Nidalee, we analyzed 898 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 Nidalee 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

If you would like to truly master Garen in order to synergize with Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to focus on in your Garen and Nidalee synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Nidalee than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 42.1% when playing alongside Nidalee with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Garen and Nidalee pairings, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 42.1% winrate overall.

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