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How to Synergize Rek'Sai with Garen on the Same TeamRek'Sai is in the b tier of champions

Rek'Sai with Garen

How to Win With Rek'Sai and Garen Paired TogetherRek'Sai is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Garen

based on 558 Rek'Sai with Garen pairs
Win Rate
43.9 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Rek'Sai has gone into battle with Garen in 558 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much complete data from the makers of League, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Rek'Sai play with Garen. It is relatively rare for Rek'Sai to play alongside Garen on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approx. 2.8% of matches with Rek'Sai.

Rek'Sai Garen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Rek'Sai does a terrible job of synergizing with Garen. Usually, he wins a lowly 43.9% of rounds the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Rek'Sai when playing with Garen by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rek'Sai vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Rek'Sai Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

EclipseYoumuu's GhostbladeSundered SkyTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rek'Sai to level upq
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Second ability for Rek'Sai to level upe
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Last skill for Rek'Sai to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Rek'Sai's passive ability p
Rek'Sai's q ability q
Rek'Sai's w ability w
Rek'Sai's e ability e
Rek'Sai's ultimate ability r
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Garen

Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Garen

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

Advice to Understand How Garen Will Play

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.

Rek'Sai Garen Synergy Stats

Rek'Sai Image
Win Rate
43.9 %
VS
Win Rate
56.1 %
Garen Image
6.6
< Kills >
7.3
6.7
< Deaths >
6.4
7.5
< Assists >
7.5
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
29
< Minions Killed >
35
1.33
< Dragons Killed >
1.33
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.41
13,420
< Physical Damage >
14,055
78
< Magic Damage >
78
3,287
< True Damage >
3,539
16,787
< Damage Dealt >
17,673
35,639
< Damage Taken >
35,595
11,389
< Gold Earned >
11,832
1.08
< Towers >
1.37
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
16,606
< Total Healing >
16,912
12,937
< Experience >
13,371
21
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
6
277
< Time Dealing CC >
284

How to Play with Garen as Rek'Sai in LoL

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

Overall, Rek'Sai sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Garen helps Rek'Sai perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Rek'Sai tries to synergize with Garen, he gets a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Garen does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played alongside Garen 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 alongside Garen.

Additionally, when Rek'Sai plays with Garen on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Garen does a poor job of protecting Rek'Sai during team fights.

Synergies between Rek'Sai and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Rek'Sai
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rek'Sai
Garen

Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Garen?

There is no perfect synergy for Rek'Sai that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, Garen is a terrible companion for Rek'Sai. By playing on the same side as Rek'Sai, he lowers their win rate by -4.5% to 43.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad bond between Rek'Sai and Garen that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Garen has a greater difficulty than Rek'Sai. That means you must be careful when arranging Garen comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by bringing Rek'Sai and Garen together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of magical damage output. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Garen ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Rek'Sai Players

How We Calculated Our Rek'Sai Garen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Rek'Sai and Garen, we analyzed 558 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 Rek'Sai with Garen 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 Rek'Sai to pair well with Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to use in your Rek'Sai and Garen synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Garen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 43.9% when playing alongside Garen with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rek'Sai and Garen pairings, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.9% win rate overall.

If you want to see Rek'Sai with Garen collaboration tips and builds for a an individual rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies shown are computed using all games played with these champs.