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

Garen with Veigar

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

based on 5,046 Garen with Veigar pairs
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has fought alongside Veigar in 5046 recent, ranked matches. By pooling so much complete data directly from the makers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Garen play with Veigar. It is relatively rare for Garen to play alongside Veigar as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 3.7% of rounds with Garen.

Garen Veigar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a poor job of teaming up with Veigar. Usually, he wins an acceptable 48.9% of games the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Garen when fighting on the same team as Veigar by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerStridebreaker

Optional Items

Mortal ReminderSpear of ShojinPhantom DancerSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Garen and Veigar

Tips for Playing as Garen with Veigar

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 Veigar Will Play

Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.

Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.

Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.

Garen Veigar Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Veigar Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.1
5.3
< Deaths >
5.1
4.3
< Assists >
4
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
175
< Minions Killed >
177
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.6
14,734
< Physical Damage >
14,138
219
< Magic Damage >
217
4,878
< True Damage >
4,716
19,833
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
32,905
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,272
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.74
< Towers >
2.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,463
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,602
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
145
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Veigar as Garen in LoL

The Garen Veigar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Veigar, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Veigar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Veigar helps Garen perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Garen is an ally to Veigar, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Veigar supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with Veigar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Veigar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Veigar.

Moreover, when Garen plays with Veigar on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Veigar does a poor job of protecting Garen during teamfights.

Synergies between Garen and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Veigar

Is Garen better when played alongside Veigar?

There is no one best champion pairing for Garen that will always be his top ally. However, Veigar is a very typical teammate for Garen. By being on the same side as Garen, he raises their win rate by 0.2% to 48.9%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Garen and Veigar that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Veigar has a greater difficulty than Garen. That means you need to be careful when lining up Veigar teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Garen players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by aligning Garen and Veigar together, you may not be granting your other allies much AD. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their potential.

Regardless of your Veigar ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Veigar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Veigar, we analyzed 5,046 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 Veigar 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 work well with Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to have in your Garen and Veigar synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Veigar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 48.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Veigar with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.

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