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

Garen vs Udyr

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

based on 4,107 Garen vs Udyr matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Udyr as Garen came out of an analysis of 4107 ranked games where both champs engaged one another. This pairing is relatively rare. Garen is forced to battle against Udyr in only 3.0% of his rounds.

Garen vs Udyr Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a below average job of beating Udyr. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.1% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Garen against Udyr matches, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Udyr.

Best Garen vs Udyr Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinPhantom DancerDead Man's PlateChempunk Chainsword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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 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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
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R
12
Q
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Q
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Udyr as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Udyr

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 Udyr

After using the more powerful, Awakened version of an ability, Udyr cannot Awaken other abilities for some time.

Udyr has limited ranged options, try to keep distance.

Garen vs Udyr Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Udyr Image
5.8
< Kills >
5
5
< Deaths >
5.5
3.8
< Assists >
7
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
178
< Minions Killed >
84
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.08
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.5
14,292
< Physical Damage >
7,817
192
< Magic Damage >
8,643
4,564
< True Damage >
759
19,049
< Damage Dealt >
17,220
31,155
< Damage Taken >
32,163
11,913
< Gold Earned >
11,414
2.66
< Towers >
1.88
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
3,135
< Total Healing >
13,453
15,087
< Experience >
14,146
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
6
138
< Time Dealing CC >
2,088

How to Counter Udyr with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several significant Garen against Udyr matchup stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Udyr’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Udyr..

Garen often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Udyr. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Udyr

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Udyr
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Udyr

Who is Better, Garen or Udyr?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when taking on Udyr, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a poor counter to Udyr.

While Garen does have a lower winrate than Udyr, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Garen into Udyr.

Additionally, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Udyr. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Udyr matchups, Udyr is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Garen is a terribly counter to Udyr. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Garen against Udyr.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Udyr Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Udyr as Garen, we analyzed 4,107 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 Udyr 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

If you would like to truly master Garen to counter Udyr during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually picks up more CS relative to Udyr. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Garen versus Udyr build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Udyr than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 47.1% when playing against Udyr with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Udyr 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 rune combinations players chose for Garen vs Udyr matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Udyr as Garen are presented for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.