# Garen Counters Who counters Garen? Best and worst picks against Garen by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Garen in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) ## Page Content [Garen guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) [Play against Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/how-to-play-against/) [Garen counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/counters/) Best and worst picks against Garen in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Kayle, Wukong and Camille beat Garen most often. Varus, Gangplank and Tryndamere win the laning phase against Garen by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Garen Highest win rate versus Garen in Top. - 1 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 1,125 games 55.2% - 2 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 187 games 54.5% - 3 [Camille](https://baronbuff.com/champions/camille/) 1,052 games 54.4% - 4 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 239 games 54.0% - 5 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 973 games 53.1% - 6 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 687 games 53.0% - 7 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 1,006 games 52.5% - 8 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 644 games 52.5% - 9 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 1,858 games 52.5% - 10 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 1,376 games 52.2% - 11 [Quinn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/quinn/) 317 games 52.0% - 12 [Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) 513 games 52.0% - 13 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 2,170 games 51.1% - 14 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 794 games 51.1% - 15 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 687 games 51.1% ## Worst picks against Garen Lowest win rate versus Garen in Top. - 1 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 125 games 39.2% - 2 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 630 games 41.8% - 3 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 1,085 games 42.3% - 4 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 1,596 games 42.5% - 5 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 837 games 43.2% - 6 [Aurora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/) 114 games 43.9% - 7 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 359 games 44.0% - 8 [Zac](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zac/) 202 games 44.1% - 9 [Udyr](https://baronbuff.com/champions/udyr/) 122 games 44.3% - 10 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 789 games 44.6% - 11 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 2,065 games 44.8% - 12 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 454 games 44.9% - 13 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 741 games 45.5% - 14 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 594 games 45.6% - 15 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 577 games 45.9% ## Best lane counters vs Garen Largest gold lead over Garen at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 141 games +1,248 - 2 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 365 games +544 - 3 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 492 games +537 - 4 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 1,190 games +467 - 5 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 181 games +450 - 6 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 659 games +434 - 7 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 514 games +381 - 8 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 1,080 games +365 - 9 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 400 games +339 - 10 [Quinn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/quinn/) 194 games +286 - 11 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 1,368 games +269 - 12 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 502 games +245 - 13 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 216 games +230 - 14 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 187 games +229 - 15 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 451 games +188 ## How to play against Garen Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Trade when Q or W is down, then back out before he can extend with E. Keep poking him on last hits without wasting mana into passive recovery. - Push early enough to limit his roams, but avoid standing in melee range after he reaches level 6. - Kite him through slows and terrain before committing damage. Avoid isolated 1v1s when his R can finish a low-health target. - Answer his side pressure before objectives spawn. Do not leave a free tower unless your team can force a faster cross-map play. - Peel him off carries instead of chasing past him. Force him to spend Q and W before your backline steps forward. ## Where Garen is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Garen has to walk into melee range, so slows, disengage, and spacing deny his execute access. - He offers little ranged threat or hard crowd control, making coordinated teams less vulnerable to his straightforward engage. ## Garen counters: questions ### Who counters Garen in Top? At Gold+, Kayle (55.2%), Wukong (54.5%) and Camille (54.4%) have the highest win rates against Garen. ### Who does Garen counter? Garen wins most often against Swain (39.2%), Riven (41.8%) and Renekton (42.3%). ### Who wins lane against Garen? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Varus (+1,248), Gangplank (+544) and Tryndamere (+537) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Garen. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Varus counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/counters/) - [Gangplank counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)