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How to Win Garen vs Brand Counter MatchupGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen vs Brand

How to Beat Brand as Garen in LoLGaren is in the s tier of champions
FighterTank
Mage

How to Beat Brand as Garen

based on 8,525 Garen vs Brand matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
1.91
Pick Rate
6.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our dataset, Garen faced Brand 8525 times. Including so many games with Garen vs Brand provides us confidence in our capability to provide useful statistics and a solid build to destroy your opposition. This counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Garen fights Brand in only 6.3% of his matches.

Garen vs Brand Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a dismal job of countering Brand. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.1% of matches the champs face off with each other in. In Garen against Brand games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Brand.

Best Garen vs Brand Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Berserker's GreavesPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceForce of Nature

Optional Items

Death's DanceKaenic RookernDead Man's PlateSpirit Visage

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
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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
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E
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W
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Brand as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Brand

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 Win Against Brand

Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.

Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.

Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.

Garen vs Brand Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Brand Image
6.2
< Kills >
5.7
5.3
< Deaths >
6.7
3.9
< Assists >
8.8
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.31
179
< Minions Killed >
66
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.66
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.43
14,154
< Physical Damage >
858
210
< Magic Damage >
22,068
4,872
< True Damage >
1,375
19,237
< Damage Dealt >
24,302
32,942
< Damage Taken >
25,225
12,321
< Gold Earned >
11,111
2.68
< Towers >
1.59
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
3,372
< Total Healing >
6,100
15,617
< Experience >
13,107
17
< Vision Score >
37
8
< Wards Placed >
15
143
< Time Dealing CC >
245

How to Counter Brand with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some significant Garen versus Brand counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Brand..

Garen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Brand. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Brand

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Brand
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Brand

Who is Better, Garen or Brand?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when facing off against Brand, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a bad counter to Brand.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Brand, when facing one another, Garen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Garen into Brand.

Moreover, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Garen is a garbage counter for Brand. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Brand.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Brand Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Brand as Garen, we analyzed 8,525 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Brand as Garen comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Garen Build Brand Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Garen in order to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually picks up more CS as Brand. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Garen versus Brand build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Force of Nature. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Brand than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 47.1% when playing against Brand with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Brand as Garen, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Garen vs Brand counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.1% winrate overall.

If you need to see Garen versus Brand tips and builds for a a distinct skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and guides given are computed using every round completed with both champs.