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Garen vs Katarina

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

based on 4,712 Garen vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Katarina as Garen came out of an examination of 4712 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Garen encounters Katarina in only 3.5% of his matches.

Garen vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Garen has done a decent job of countering Katarina. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.3% of games the champions face one another in. In Garen vs Katarina matches, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Katarina.

Best Garen vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Dead Man's PlateForce of NatureStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerSterak's GageMortal ReminderSpear of Shojin

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

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
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
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 Katarina as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Katarina

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 Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Garen vs Katarina Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Katarina Image
6.3
< Kills >
9.2
5
< Deaths >
6.8
4.2
< Assists >
5.6
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
2.09
177
< Minions Killed >
155
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.65
< Inhibitors >
0.34
14,668
< Physical Damage >
2,041
216
< Magic Damage >
20,582
4,785
< True Damage >
968
19,670
< Damage Dealt >
23,592
30,911
< Damage Taken >
24,812
12,239
< Gold Earned >
12,055
2.88
< Towers >
1.41
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,182
< Total Healing >
3,308
15,277
< Experience >
14,070
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
142
< Time Dealing CC >
34

How to Counter Katarina with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several valuable Garen against Katarina counter stats that may help you interpret the differences between these two champions. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Katarina..

Garen typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Katarina. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Katarina

Who is Better, Garen or Katarina?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when playing against Katarina, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a good counter to Katarina.

While Garen does have a higher winrate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Garen into Katarina.

Additionally, Garen also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Garen is a decent counter for Katarina. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Katarina.

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 Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Garen, we analyzed 4,712 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 Katarina 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

If you would like to truly master Garen to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Garen versus Katarina build include Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Katarina than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 51.3% when playing against Katarina with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Katarina as Garen, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Garen vs Katarina clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.3% winrate overall.

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