Garen vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Garen
based on 1,325 Garen vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Garen vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Garen vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Corki as Garen
Tips for Playing as Garen against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Garen vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Garen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some important Garen vs. Corki counter stats that may help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Corki’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Corki..
Garen typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Corki. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Garen and Corki
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Who is Better, Garen or Corki?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when trying to fight Corki, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a good counter to Corki.
While Garen does have a higher win rate compared to Corki, when facing one another, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Corki.
Furthermore, Garen has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Corki. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Corki matchups, Garen is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Garen is a decent counter for Corki. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Garen against Corki.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Corki during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Garen often picks up a similar amount of CS as Corki. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Garen versus Corki build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Corki than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 51.3% battling Corki with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Corki as Garen, Garen players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Garen vs Corki battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Corki as Garen are shown for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.