Amumuvs Garen
Amumu vs Garen is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.14. Garen wins with a 80.0% win rate (+60.0%) over Amumu based on 5 games. Amumu wins the early laning phase while Garen scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Amumu build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Amumu vs Garen matchup.
Amumu Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Amumu 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 the Amumu vs Garen Matchup?
Amumu vs Garen Matchup Summary
The Amumu vs Garen matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 5 recent matches analyzed, Garen wins with a 80.0% win rate compared to Amumu's 20.0%, giving Garen a 60.0 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Amumu controls the early laning stage, but Garen outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Amumu needs to press advantages before Garen reaches their power spikes, while Garen should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Amumu leads by 0.3s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Garen has a strong advantage in this matchup. Amumu players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Garen overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Amumu vs Garen Laning Phase Breakdown
Garen is favored during the laning phase against Amumu, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Garen holds advantages in farming, gold income and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Amumu Build Against Garen
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Garen, providing the mobility and stats Amumu needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Amumu against Garen are Jak'Sho, The Protean, Liandry's Torment and Thornmail. This combination gives Amumu an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Amumu vs Garen matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
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Garen0.0%Amumu0.0%Garen100.0%Amumu dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 100.0% win rate — a 100.0 percentage point lead over Garen. This lopsided early game means Amumu can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Garen is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 100.0% win rate — 100.0 points above Amumu. Extended games heavily favor Garen, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Amumu must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Garen reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Garen survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Amumu Runes Against Garen
Precision
Domination
The Precision and Domination rune setup gives Amumu the best tools to compete against Garen in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Amumu matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.14. The table below shows Amumu'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 Amumu build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.29% | 129 | 0.9 | 632 | 11,980 | 50.0% | 46.3% | |
| 53.27% | 107 | 0.9 | 557 | 12,246 | 52.8% | 53.5% | |
| 61.17% | 103 | 0.9 | 624 | 10,981 | 58.5% | 62.9% | |
| 50.51% | 99 | 0.8 | 555 | 10,624 | 50.0% | 50.9% | |
| 58.14% | 86 | 0.8 | 584 | 10,591 | 52.6% | 62.5% | |
| 49.41% | 85 | 0.8 | 606 | 11,064 | 67.7% | 37.3% | |
| 36.99% | 73 | 1.1 | 526 | 11,043 | 38.7% | 35.7% | |
| 60.56% | 71 | 0.9 | 557 | 10,172 | 60.7% | 60.5% | |
| 48.44% | 64 | 0.9 | 604 | 11,205 | 42.9% | 52.8% | |
| 57.38% | 61 | 0.9 | 573 | 11,073 | 66.7% | 48.4% | |
| 56.67% | 60 | 0.9 | 603 | 11,689 | 62.5% | 52.8% | |
| 60.00% | 55 | 0.9 | 586 | 11,316 | 73.9% | 50.0% | |
| 41.18% | 51 | 0.8 | 628 | 11,157 | 40.0% | 41.9% | |
| 36.59% | 41 | 0.9 | 616 | 10,589 | 44.4% | 30.4% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 0.9 | 628 | 10,900 | 42.9% | 54.2% | |
| 51.35% | 37 | 0.9 | 558 | 12,000 | 47.1% | 55.0% | |
| 61.11% | 36 | 0.9 | 642 | 11,262 | 57.1% | 63.6% | |
| 33.33% | 36 | 0.8 | 596 | 11,215 | 25.0% | 37.5% | |
| 64.71% | 34 | 0.8 | 533 | 10,317 | 66.7% | 63.2% | |
| 41.18% | 34 | 0.8 | 638 | 10,700 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 42.42% | 33 | 0.9 | 560 | 10,665 | 50.0% | 38.1% | |
| 54.55% | 33 | 1.0 | 490 | 10,398 | 38.5% | 65.0% | |
| 48.39% | 31 | 0.8 | 665 | 11,324 | 18.2% | 65.0% | |
| 48.28% | 29 | 0.9 | 643 | 11,332 | 63.6% | 38.9% | |
| 51.72% | 29 | 1.1 | 613 | 11,676 | 71.4% | 33.3% | |
| 51.72% | 29 | 0.7 | 554 | 9,131 | 42.1% | 70.0% | |
| 74.07% | 27 | 0.8 | 656 | 10,720 | 68.8% | 81.8% | |
| 44.44% | 27 | 0.9 | 765 | 12,623 | 16.7% | 52.4% | |
| 60.00% | 25 | 0.8 | 612 | 12,302 | 42.9% | 66.7% | |
| 36.00% | 25 | 0.9 | 595 | 8,754 | 37.5% | 33.3% | |
| 64.00% | 25 | 0.8 | 702 | 11,400 | 58.3% | 69.2% | |
| 62.50% | 24 | 0.9 | 624 | 10,766 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 24 | 1.3 | 438 | 8,059 | 16.7% | 50.0% | |
| 60.87% | 23 | 1.0 | 547 | 11,031 | 50.0% | 64.7% | |
| 73.91% | 23 | 1.5 | 467 | 10,223 | 55.6% | 85.7% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 1.1 | 573 | 10,161 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 20 | 0.7 | 588 | 10,450 | 33.3% | 45.5% | |
| 65.00% | 20 | 1.6 | 575 | 11,683 | 87.5% | 50.0% | |
| 78.95% | 19 | 1.2 | 459 | 10,388 | 66.7% | 84.6% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 1.0 | 564 | 10,726 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 0.7 | 603 | 10,536 | 42.9% | 63.6% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 1.2 | 462 | 9,192 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 1.3 | 443 | 10,175 | 33.3% | 54.5% | |
| 52.94% | 17 | 1.3 | 612 | 12,036 | 42.9% | 60.0% | |
| 43.75% | 16 | 1.1 | 457 | 9,840 | 28.6% | 55.6% | |
| 50.00% | 16 | 0.9 | 664 | 12,256 | 60.0% | 45.5% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 1.0 | 598 | 12,698 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 1.3 | 396 | 7,247 | 44.4% | 60.0% | |
| 64.29% | 14 | 0.9 | 640 | 11,458 | 66.7% | 62.5% | |
| 71.43% | 14 | 0.9 | 693 | 9,653 | 66.7% | 75.0% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 0.7 | 532 | 10,924 | 28.6% | 71.4% | |
| 28.57% | 14 | 1.2 | 432 | 9,468 | 50.0% | 12.5% | |
| 85.71% | 14 | 0.8 | 713 | 12,944 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 1.4 | 426 | 9,963 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 76.92% | 13 | 1.0 | 654 | 10,444 | 85.7% | 66.7% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 0.8 | 551 | 10,514 | 50.0% | 57.1% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 0.8 | 526 | 12,046 | 50.0% | 55.6% | |
| 81.82% | 11 | 1.0 | 606 | 11,546 | 60.0% | 100.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 1.0 | 704 | 10,678 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 10 | 1.3 | 597 | 10,556 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 0.8 | 590 | 11,601 | 0.0% | 71.4% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 1.2 | 425 | 10,731 | 100.0% | 44.4% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.3 | 504 | 10,489 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 0.9 | 515 | 8,101 | 75.0% | 60.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 1.6 | 659 | 10,366 | 60.0% | 75.0% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 0.9 | 621 | 9,236 | 25.0% | 20.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.6 | 778 | 10,881 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 1.2 | 630 | 12,523 | 50.0% | 20.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 0.8 | 560 | 9,773 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 1.3 | 547 | 9,851 | 0.0% | 42.9% | |
| 87.50% | 8 | 1.1 | 523 | 9,109 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 12.50% | 8 | 0.6 | 433 | 6,297 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 0.8 | 612 | 11,239 | 75.0% | 75.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 1.4 | 566 | 8,500 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 1.1 | 525 | 11,774 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 1.5 | 426 | 9,217 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 0.9 | 796 | 10,805 | 100.0% | 20.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.1 | 549 | 11,281 | 100.0% | 20.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 1.6 | 580 | 10,723 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 1.1 | 409 | 8,419 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 1.1 | 435 | 8,268 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 1.6 | 684 | 13,557 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 1.1 | 475 | 7,334 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 100.00% | 5 | 1.2 | 549 | 9,424 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 1.0 | 371 | 6,542 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 1.3 | 645 | 14,646 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 1.4 | 452 | 9,383 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 2.0 | 826 | 12,095 | 33.3% | 100.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 2.8 | 740 | 10,656 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 0.8 | 461 | 9,712 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 100.00% | 5 | 1.3 | 304 | 8,555 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
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Amumu vs Garen - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Amumu do against Garen in League of Legends?
Garen wins the Amumu vs Garen matchup with a 80.0% win rate compared to Amumu's 20.0%, a 60.0 percentage point difference. This data is based on 5 recent ranked games in patch 26.14.
How does Amumu do against Garen in the early game?
In the early game, Amumu has the advantage against Garen with a 100.0% win rate versus 0.0%. Amumu players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Amumu do against Garen in the late game?
In the late game, Garen takes over the Amumu vs Garen matchup with a 100.0% win rate compared to 0.0%. Garen scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Amumu vs Garen matchup?
Garen wins the matchup against Amumu with a 80.0% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.14. The 60.0 percentage point advantage means Garen is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 5 games analyzed.
What is the best Amumu build against Garen?
The best Amumu build against Garen includes Jak'Sho, The Protean, Liandry's Torment, Thornmail with Plated Steelcaps. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Amumu runes against Garen?
The best Amumu runes against Garen use the Precision primary tree with Domination secondary. This rune setup achieves a 25.0% win rate in the Amumu vs Garen matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Amumu counter Garen?
No, Amumu struggles against Garen with only a 20.0% win rate. Garen has the advantage in this matchup. Amumu players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Garen's lead.
How do I play Amumu against Garen?
When playing Amumu against Garen, play cautiously and avoid Garen's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Garen has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.