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

Garen with Zeri

How to Win With Garen and Zeri Paired TogetherGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Garen and Zeri

based on 1,316 Garen with Zeri pairs
Win Rate
43.5 %
K/D/A
1.89
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has been on the same team as Zeri in 1316 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data from the makers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Garen play with Zeri. It is very rare for Garen to play alongside Zeri as teammates. This has only taken place in approximately 1.0% of matches with Garen.

Garen Zeri Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a awful job of synergizing with Zeri. Usually, he wins a lowly 43.5% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Garen when playing alongside Zeri by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Zeri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalLong Sword

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Sundered SkyBlack CleaverHullbreakerForce of Nature

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
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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
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Garen and Zeri

Tips for Playing as Garen with Zeri

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.

Garen Zeri Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
43.5 %
VS
Win Rate
56.5 %
Zeri Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.1
5.3
< Deaths >
5.1
3.9
< Assists >
4
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
176
< Minions Killed >
177
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.6
14,283
< Physical Damage >
14,138
238
< Magic Damage >
217
4,803
< True Damage >
4,716
19,325
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
32,418
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,143
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.7
< Towers >
2.76
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,329
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,345
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
140
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Zeri as Garen in LoL

The Garen Zeri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zeri, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zeri. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zeri helps Garen perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Garen is paired with Zeri, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Zeri helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played alongside Zeri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zeri.

Additionally, when Garen plays with Zeri on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Zeri does a poor job of protecting Garen during teamfights.

Synergies between Garen and Zeri

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Zeri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Zeri

Is Garen better when played alongside Zeri?

There is no perfect ally for Garen that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, Zeri is a terrible teammate for Garen. By playing on the same side as Garen, they decreases their win rate by -5.2% to 43.5%. This proves that there is a very bad synergy between Garen and Zeri that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Zeri has a greater difficulty than Garen. That means Garen players should be cautious when finding Zeri teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by bringing Garen and Zeri together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates enough magical damage output. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Zeri ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Zeri Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Zeri, we analyzed 1,316 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 Zeri 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen to synergize with Zeri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to focus on in your Garen and Zeri synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Zeri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 43.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zeri with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Garen players 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 that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 43.5% winrate overall.

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