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

Garen with Volibear

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

based on 1,123 Garen with Volibear pairs
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
1.96
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has fought alongside Volibear in 1123 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the developers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can provide you with high quality, usable builds to help Garen play with Volibear. It is very rare for Garen to play with Volibear on the same side. This has only occurred in approx. 0.8% of games with Garen.

Garen Volibear Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a awful job of fighting on the same side as Volibear. On average, he wins a dismal 46.3% of rounds the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to win more matches as Garen when fighting on the same team as Volibear by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSundered SkyStridebreaker

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateBlack CleaverForce of NatureHullbreaker

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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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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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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Garen and Volibear

Tips for Playing as Garen with Volibear

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.

Garen Volibear Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
Volibear Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.1
5.2
< Deaths >
5.1
3.9
< Assists >
4
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
165
< Minions Killed >
177
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.6
13,957
< Physical Damage >
14,138
237
< Magic Damage >
217
4,726
< True Damage >
4,716
18,920
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
31,805
< Damage Taken >
31,656
11,980
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.56
< Towers >
2.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,579
< Total Healing >
3,226
14,876
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
146
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Volibear as Garen in LoL

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

When Garen tries to synergize with Volibear, he sees a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Volibear doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with Volibear on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Volibear. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Volibear.

Moreover, when Garen plays with Volibear on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Volibear does a poor job of protecting Garen during teamfights.

Synergies between Garen and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Volibear

Is Garen better when played alongside Volibear?

There is no perfect companion for Garen that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Volibear is a relatively poor ally for Garen. By locking into the same side as Garen, he decreases their win rate by -2.4% to 46.3%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Garen and Volibear that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Volibear has a lower difficulty than Garen. That means Garen players don't need to be careful when enlisting Volibear comrades to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by grouping Garen and Volibear together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough AP. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Volibear ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Volibear Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Volibear, we analyzed 1,123 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 Volibear 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 in order to work well with Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to have in your Garen and Volibear synergy build include Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Garen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Volibear than with most other typical builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 46.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Volibear with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.3% win rate overall.

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