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How to Synergize Garen with Annie on the Same TeamGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen with Annie

How to Win With Garen and Annie Paired TogetherGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Garen and Annie

based on 2,290 Garen with Annie pairs
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
1.96
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has been on the same team as Annie in 2290 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much complete data from the hosts of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Garen play with Annie. It is relatively rare for Garen to play alongside Annie as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.7% of rounds with Garen.

Garen Annie Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a pathetic job of synergizing with Annie. Normally, he wins a dismal 46.8% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Garen when playing with Annie by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Annie Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Force of NatureSterak's GageBlack CleaverJak'Sho, The Protean

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
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
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Q
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Q
14
W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Garen and Annie

Tips for Playing as Garen with Annie

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 Understand How Annie Will Play

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

Garen Annie Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Annie Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.1
4.9
< Deaths >
5.1
3.8
< Assists >
4
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
173
< Minions Killed >
177
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.6
13,654
< Physical Damage >
14,138
195
< Magic Damage >
217
4,531
< True Damage >
4,716
18,381
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
30,491
< Damage Taken >
31,656
11,853
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.73
< Towers >
2.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,165
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,033
< Experience >
15,287
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
137
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Annie as Garen in LoL

The Garen Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Garen sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Annie helps Garen perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Garen plays on the same team as Annie, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Annie does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played alongside Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Annie.

Moreover, when Garen plays with Annie on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Annie does a decent job of protecting Garen during team fights.

Synergies between Garen and Annie

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Annie
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Annie

Is Garen better when played alongside Annie?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Garen that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Annie is a not very good companion for Garen. By playing on the same team as Garen, she drops their win rate by -1.9% to 46.8%. This proves that there is a bad strategic relationship between Garen and Annie that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Annie has a greater difficulty than Garen. That means you must be very careful when arranging Annie teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Working together, Garen players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by grouping Garen and Annie together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of AD. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Annie ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Annie Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Annie, we analyzed 2,290 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Garen with Annie comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Garen to work well with Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Garen and Annie synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Annie than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Annie with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, 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 sets players used for Garen and Annie pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Annie with Garen are given for every ranked division. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.