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

Garen vs Galio

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

based on 3,421 Garen vs Galio matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our dataset, Garen fought Galio in 3421 matches. With so many games with Garen vs Galio gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide enlightening stats and a recommended build to smash your foe. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Garen has to counter Galio in only 2.5% of his rounds.

Garen vs Galio Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a dismal job of countering Galio. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Garen versus Galio rounds, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood against Galio.

Best Garen vs Galio Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanPhantom DancerBlack CleaverDead Man's Plate

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
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Galio as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Galio

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 Galio

Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.

Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.

Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.

Garen vs Galio Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Galio Image
6.2
< Kills >
5.6
5.2
< Deaths >
6.1
4.2
< Assists >
9.2
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.27
175
< Minions Killed >
139
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.62
< Inhibitors >
0.47
14,639
< Physical Damage >
489
179
< Magic Damage >
19,663
4,760
< True Damage >
530
19,578
< Damage Dealt >
20,683
31,669
< Damage Taken >
24,189
12,086
< Gold Earned >
10,788
2.76
< Towers >
1.75
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,267
< Total Healing >
2,333
15,144
< Experience >
13,561
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
10
140
< Time Dealing CC >
123

How to Counter Galio with Garen in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore several vital Garen vs. Galio counter stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Galio..

Garen typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Galio. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Galio

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Galio
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Galio

Who is Better, Garen or Galio?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when trying to fight Galio, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a bad counter for Galio.

While Garen does have a lower win rate compared to Galio, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Galio.

Furthermore, Garen also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Galio. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Galio. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Galio.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

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Garen Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Galio Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Galio as Garen, we analyzed 3,421 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 Galio 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 truly master Garen in order to counter Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Galio. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to use in your Garen versus Galio build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Galio than with most other common builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 48.7% battling Galio with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Galio as Garen, Garen players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Garen vs Galio fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.

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