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How to Synergize Illaoi with Garen on the Same TeamIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi with Garen

How to Win With Illaoi and Garen Paired TogetherIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Illaoi and Garen

based on 375 Illaoi with Garen pairs
Win Rate
43.7 %
K/D/A
1.37
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the results of from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each week. Illaoi has been on the same team as Garen in 375 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the makers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Illaoi play with Garen. It is very rare for Illaoi to play with Garen on the same side. This has only taken place in approx. 0.5% of matches with Illaoi.

Illaoi Garen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Illaoi does a terrible job of teaming up with Garen. Typically, she wins a poor 43.7% of matches the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Illaoi when playing alongside Garen by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Illaoi vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalLong Sword

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

HullbreakerSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Garen

Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Garen

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Advice to Understand How Garen Will Play

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.

Illaoi Garen Synergy Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
43.7 %
VS
Win Rate
56.3 %
Garen Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.3
7.3
< Deaths >
6.7
4.9
< Assists >
4.4
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
176
< Minions Killed >
190
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.57
24,003
< Physical Damage >
24,827
809
< Magic Damage >
835
471
< True Damage >
407
25,283
< Damage Dealt >
26,070
36,723
< Damage Taken >
35,928
11,655
< Gold Earned >
12,040
2.53
< Towers >
2.79
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,736
< Total Healing >
8,841
14,689
< Experience >
15,333
18
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
397
< Time Dealing CC >
432

How to Play with Garen as Illaoi in LoL

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

Overall, Illaoi sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Garen helps Illaoi perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Illaoi plays on the same team as Garen, she gets a little drop in her full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Garen does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played with Garen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Garen.

Additionally, when Illaoi plays with Garen on the same team, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Garen does a poor job of covering Illaoi in team fights.

Synergies between Illaoi and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Illaoi
Garen

Is Illaoi better when played alongside Garen?

There is no one best ally for Illaoi that will 100% of the time be her top ally. However, overall, Garen is a terrible ally for Illaoi. By playing on the same team as Illaoi, he lowers their win rate by -5.9% to 43.7%. This proves that there is a terrible bond between Illaoi and Garen that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Garen has a greater difficulty than Illaoi. That means Illaoi players should be cautious when arranging Garen teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Fighting together, Illaoi players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by pairing Illaoi and Garen together, you may not be giving your other teammates very much AP. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Garen ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi Garen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Illaoi and Garen, we analyzed 375 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 Illaoi with Garen 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 Illaoi in order to work well with Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to get in your Illaoi and Garen synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Garen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 43.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Garen with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Illaoi players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 43.7% winrate overall.

If you need to view Illaoi with Garen cooperations tips and builds for a a distinct skill level, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and strategies shown are computed using every game with data with both champs.