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

Garen vs Ivern

How to Beat Ivern as Garen in LoLGaren is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Ivern as Garen

based on 1,342 Garen vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
1.82
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Ivern as Garen resulted from an analysis of 1342 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Garen encounters Ivern in only 1.0% of his rounds.

Garen vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a awful job of countering Ivern. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.9% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Garen versus Ivern rounds, Garen’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood versus Ivern.

Best Garen vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Force of NaturePhantom DancerBlack CleaverHullbreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
>
Second ability for Garen to level upq
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Ivern as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Garen vs Ivern Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Ivern Image
5.4
< Kills >
2.4
4.9
< Deaths >
4.4
3.5
< Assists >
13.1
1.22
< Killing Sprees >
0.51
180
< Minions Killed >
21
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
1.09
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.54
12,771
< Physical Damage >
2,923
194
< Magic Damage >
6,304
4,248
< True Damage >
1,090
17,214
< Damage Dealt >
10,317
31,096
< Damage Taken >
16,930
11,947
< Gold Earned >
9,921
2.83
< Towers >
1.87
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
2,990
< Total Healing >
6,229
14,968
< Experience >
12,853
17
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
7
140
< Time Dealing CC >
274

How to Counter Ivern with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Garen vs. Ivern matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ivern. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Garen typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Ivern. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Ivern

Who is Better, Garen or Ivern?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when facing off against Ivern, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a poor counter to Ivern.

While Garen does have a lower win rate compared to Ivern, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Garen into Ivern.

Moreover, Garen has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Garen is a terribly counter to Ivern. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Ivern.

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

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Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Ivern Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ivern as Garen, we analyzed 1,342 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 Ivern 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen to counter Ivern during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often picks up much more CS as Ivern. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Garen versus Ivern build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Ivern than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 46.9% when playing against Ivern with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Ivern as Garen, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Garen vs Ivern fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.9% winrate overall.

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