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

Garen vs Hwei

How to Beat Hwei as Garen in LoLGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Hwei as Garen

based on 6,199 Garen vs Hwei matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
1.96
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Hwei as Garen came out of an analysis of 6199 ranked matches where both champions battled each other. This counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Garen encounters Hwei in only 4.6% of his rounds.

Garen vs Hwei Matchup Summary

Garen has done a good job of countering Hwei. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.5% of games the champions face off with each other in. In Garen vs Hwei rounds, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Hwei.

Best Garen vs Hwei Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateSundered Sky

Optional Items

Death's DanceHollow RadiancePhantom DancerBlack Cleaver

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
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
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
2
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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E
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Hwei

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 Hwei

After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.

Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.

Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.

Garen vs Hwei Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Hwei Image
6
< Kills >
5.2
5
< Deaths >
5.9
3.8
< Assists >
8.5
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.2
179
< Minions Killed >
139
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.63
< Inhibitors >
0.47
13,644
< Physical Damage >
994
220
< Magic Damage >
21,390
4,722
< True Damage >
566
18,587
< Damage Dealt >
22,951
32,214
< Damage Taken >
18,254
12,247
< Gold Earned >
10,813
2.83
< Towers >
1.86
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,348
< Total Healing >
1,657
15,513
< Experience >
13,547
17
< Vision Score >
27
8
< Wards Placed >
13
143
< Time Dealing CC >
567

How to Counter Hwei with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here feature some influential Garen vs. Hwei matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Hwei..

Garen often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Hwei. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Hwei

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Hwei
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Hwei

Who is Better, Garen or Hwei?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually wins when facing off against Hwei, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a good counter to Hwei.

While Garen does have a higher win rate than Hwei, when facing one another, Garen also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Garen into Hwei.

Moreover, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Hwei matchups, Garen is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Garen is a good counter to Hwei. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Hwei.

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 Hwei Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Hwei as Garen, we analyzed 6,199 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 Hwei 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 Hwei Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Hwei during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Hwei. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Garen versus Hwei build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Garen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Hwei than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Hwei with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Hwei as Garen, Garen players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Garen vs Hwei counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Hwei as Garen are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.