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How to Synergize Rengar with Garen on the Same TeamRengar is in the s tier of champions

Rengar with Garen

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How to Synergize Rengar and Garen

based on 3,804 Rengar with Garen pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Rengar has gone into battle with Garen in 3804 recently played, competitive matches. By accumulating so much complete data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can present to you high quality, usable builds to help Rengar play with Garen. It is relatively rare for Rengar to play with Garen on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 2.9% of games with Rengar.

Rengar Garen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Rengar does a poor job of fighting on the same side as Garen. On average, he wins a lowly 47.0% of matches the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Rengar when playing alongside Garen by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rengar vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Caulfield's WarhammerSerrated Dirk

Core Rengar Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightAxiom ArcProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsSerylda's GrudgeThe CollectorOpportunity

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rengar to level upq
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Second ability for Rengar to level upe
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Last skill for Rengar to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Rengar's passive ability p
Rengar's q ability q
Rengar's w ability w
Rengar's e ability e
Rengar's ultimate ability r
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Q
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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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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Rengar and Garen

Tips for Playing as Rengar with Garen

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

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.

Rengar Garen Synergy Stats

Rengar Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Garen Image
7.9
< Kills >
8.3
7.2
< Deaths >
7
6.3
< Assists >
6.2
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.88
32
< Minions Killed >
42
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
1.28
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.37
17,475
< Physical Damage >
17,849
1,219
< Magic Damage >
1,318
1,145
< True Damage >
1,133
19,839
< Damage Dealt >
20,300
34,433
< Damage Taken >
34,034
12,886
< Gold Earned >
12,994
1.1
< Towers >
1.3
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
16,570
< Total Healing >
16,247
14,013
< Experience >
14,116
21
< Vision Score >
21
5
< Wards Placed >
5
241
< Time Dealing CC >
234

How to Play with Garen as Rengar in LoL

The Rengar 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, Rengar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Garen helps Rengar perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Rengar is paired with Garen, he gets a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Garen does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Rengar is played alongside Garen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Garen.

Moreover, when Rengar plays with Garen on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Garen does a poor job of protecting Rengar in team fights.

Synergies between Rengar and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Rengar
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rengar
Garen

Is Rengar better when played alongside Garen?

There is no top ally for Rengar that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Garen is a not very good ally for Rengar. By locking into the same side as Rengar, he lowers their win rate by -2.0% to 47.0%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Rengar and Garen that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Garen has a much lower diffuclty than Rengar. That means Rengar players don't need to be cautious when finding Garen allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Working alongside, Rengar players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by grouping Rengar and Garen together, you will not be giving your other allies a great deal of magical damage output. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Garen ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Rengar Players

How We Calculated Our Rengar Garen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Rengar and Garen, we analyzed 3,804 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 Rengar 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Rengar to work well with Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to prioritize in your Rengar and Garen synergy build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Garen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Rengar boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when playing alongside Garen with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Rengar players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Garen with Rengar are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.