Aatroxvs Garen
Aatrox vs Garen is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Garen wins with a 55.9% win rate (+11.9%) over Aatrox based on 59 games. Garen holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Aatrox build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Aatrox vs Garen matchup.
Aatrox Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Aatrox performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Aatrox vs Garen?
Aatrox wins 46.7% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 38.5% and 55.1% (95% range).
- Expected
- 48.8% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- −2.1 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 135 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.18
- +0.9 pts Within normal patch-to-patch noise
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Jungle): 3 games, Aatrox won 66.7%.
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Garen, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Aatrox wins 46.7% of 135 games (95% range 38.5–55.1%).
- Both champions' overall Top win rates predict 48.8% for Aatrox; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Aatrox usually wins the lane: 406 gold ahead of Garen at 15 minutes on average (134 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Aatrox players pick Plated Steelcaps far more often against Garen: 56.2% of their other Top games, 74.8% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Aatrox and Garen played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Aatrox's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Aatrox vs Garen Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Aatrox vs Garen Win Rate by Game Length
Aatrox's win rate against Garen by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Aatrox's results against Garen in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Aatrox vs Garen Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)AatroxAatrox gold at 15: +406
- First itemAatroxAatrox: 11.8 min · Garen: 14.2 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesEvenAatrox wins 49.1% of 57 games
- 30+ min gamesEvenAatrox wins 44.1% of 68 games
What Aatrox Changes Against Garen
Choices Aatrox players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually56.2%vs Garen74.8%+18.7 pts43.6% WR here
Mercury's TreadsBootsUsually31.9%vs Garen14.1%−17.8 pts
Second WindRuneUsually16.3%vs Garen6.7%−9.6 pts
TriumphRuneUsually93.5%vs Garen98.5%+5.0 pts46.6% WR here
Best Aatrox Build vs Garen
Usual Aatrox build (Top)
90.9% win rate · 11 games
Against Garen
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 13 of 73 Aatrox games against Garen carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Aatrox's standard build instead.
- Aatrox usually completes Eclipse first, at 11.8 min (median of 75 games).
- Garen usually completes Stridebreaker first, at 14.2 min (median of 111 games).
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Aatrox Runes vs Garen
Usual Aatrox runes (Top)
Conqueror
67.6% win rate · 37 games
Against Garen
Conqueror
49.2% win rate · 65 games
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Aatrox matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Aatrox's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Aatrox build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Aatrox Matchups
Hardest for Aatrox
Easiest for Aatrox
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Aatrox vs Garen FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Aatrox vs Garen?
Current data slightly favors Garen, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Aatrox wins 46.7% of 135 games (95% range 38.5–55.1%).
What is Aatrox's win rate against Garen?
Aatrox wins 46.7% of 135 Top games against Garen on patch 26.19 (95% range 38.5–55.1%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 48.8% would be expected.
Does Aatrox counter Garen?
Not clearly. Aatrox wins 46.7% of 135 games against Garen, and the 95% range (38.5–55.1%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Aatrox or Garen?
Aatrox usually wins the lane: 406 gold ahead of Garen at 15 minutes on average (134 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Aatrox outscale Garen?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Garen strongest against Aatrox?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Garen is ahead of Aatrox beyond the margin of error.
What should Aatrox build against Garen?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Aatrox's usual Top core: Sundered Sky, Death's Dance, Maw of Malmortius. The biggest change against Garen: Plated Steelcaps (56.2% usually, 74.8% here).
What runes should Aatrox use against Garen?
Conqueror with Precision and Resolve — 49.2% over 65 games against Garen. The biggest change against Garen: Second Wind (16.3% usually, 6.7% here).