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

Garen vs Caitlyn

How to Beat Caitlyn as Garen in LoLGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Caitlyn as Garen

based on 13,723 Garen vs Caitlyn matchups
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
10.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our database, Garen battled Caitlyn in 13723 games. Having so many games with Garen versus Caitlyn gives us faith in our capacity to provide informative data and a recommended build to crush Caitlyn. This champ pairing is somewhat common. Garen encounters Caitlyn in 10.1% of his rounds.

Garen vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary

Garen has done a average job of beating Caitlyn. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.6% of games the champs battle each other in. In Garen against Caitlyn matches, Garen’s side is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood versus Caitlyn.

Best Garen vs Caitlyn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Berserker's GreavesPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageHullbreakerDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinDeath's DanceTitanic HydraRanduin's Omen

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste 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

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceTenacity and Slow 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
3
W
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Caitlyn

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 Caitlyn

Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).

You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.

Garen vs Caitlyn Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Caitlyn Image
6
< Kills >
6.5
4.9
< Deaths >
5.8
3.9
< Assists >
6.5
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
176
< Minions Killed >
175
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.54
13,903
< Physical Damage >
19,739
218
< Magic Damage >
1,480
4,692
< True Damage >
555
18,814
< Damage Dealt >
21,774
31,675
< Damage Taken >
19,225
12,104
< Gold Earned >
12,069
2.77
< Towers >
2.56
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
3,241
< Total Healing >
5,453
15,282
< Experience >
12,655
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
140
< Time Dealing CC >
89

How to Counter Caitlyn with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some valuable Garen versus Caitlyn counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn..

Garen typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Caitlyn

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Caitlyn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Caitlyn

Who is Better, Garen or Caitlyn?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when taking on Caitlyn, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Garen makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Caitlyn.

Additionally, Garen has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Caitlyn.

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 Caitlyn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Caitlyn as Garen, we analyzed 13,723 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 Caitlyn 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen to counter Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Garen versus Caitlyn build consist of Sterak's Gage, Hullbreaker, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Caitlyn than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Caitlyn with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Caitlyn as Garen, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Garen vs Caitlyn fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.

If you need to view Garen x Caitlyn tips and counter builds for a a distinct skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and build suggestions displayed are calculated using all rounds run with these champions.