Fighter

Garen

The Might of Demacia

A proud and noble warrior, Garen fights as one of the Dauntless Vanguard. He is popular among his fellows, and respected well enough by his enemies—not least as a scion of the prestigious Crownguard family, entrusted with defending Demacia and its ideals.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

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P
Perseverance
Q
Decisive Strike
W
Courage
E
Judgment
R
Demacian Justice

Garen

Overview

On patch 16.21, Garen is rated A tier in the top lane, winning 51.7% of 9,119 ranked games with a 9.4% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Stormraider's Surge with Flash and Ignite and builds Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder, and Berserker's Greaves.

Garen struggles most against Swain (38.5%), Wukong (40%), and Veigar (40.9%) and does best against Rumble (85.2%), K'Sante (67.1%), and Jayce (65.3%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 9,119 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

51.7%

Win rate

9.4%

Pick rate

9.1K

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as Garen

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 is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Playing against Garen

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.
Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.
Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

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Matchups

All Garen matchups

Strong against

Rumble85.2%27
K'Sante67.1%73
Jayce65.3%49
Gangplank61.3%124
Jax60.3%370

Weak against

Swain38.5%26
Wukong40.0%25
Veigar40.9%22
Kled42.9%42
Gragas44.3%61

Abilities

P
Perseverance
If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.
Q
Decisive Strike
Garen gains a burst of Move Speed, breaking free of all slows affecting him. His next attack strikes a vital area of his foe, dealing bonus damage and silencing them.
Cooldown: 8Cost: 0Range: 300
W
Courage
Garen passively increases his Armor and Magic Resist by killing enemies. He may also activate this ability to give him a shield and tenacity for a brief moment followed by a lesser amount of damage reduction for a longer duration.
Cooldown: 22/19.5/17/14.5/12Cost: 0Range: 0
E
Judgment
Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies.
Cooldown: 9/8.25/7.5/6.75/6Cost: 0Range: 325
R
Demacian Justice
Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion.
Cooldown: 120/100/80Cost: 0Range: 400