- Win Rate
- 51.3%
- Pick Rate
- 3.5%
- Ban Rate
- 5.0%
Garen vs Kayle
- Patch
- 26.22
- Games
- 6,875
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Nov 14, 2026 UTC
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
Garen vs Kayle (Top): Garen wins 42.0% of 255 ranked games over the last 2 patches (gold diff at 15: +271). Patch 26.22 build & runes.
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Kayle is favored in this matchup: Garen wins 42.0% of 255 games, and the whole 95% range (36.1–48.1%) is on the same side of 50%.
Garen Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Garen 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 Garen vs Kayle?
Garen wins 42.0% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 36.1% and 48.1% (95% range).
- Expected
- 48.5% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- −6.5 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 255 games Lane: Top · Patch 26.21–26.22
- vs patch 26.21
- −1.5 pts Within normal patch-to-patch noise
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.21–26.22 · Oct 27 – Nov 14
The headline win rate covers patches 26.21–26.22 (255 games). The lane, game-length, build and rune sections below use patch 26.22 only (150 games).
Key takeaways
- Kayle is favored in this matchup: Garen wins 42.0% of 255 games, and the whole 95% range (36.1–48.1%) is on the same side of 50%.
- That is 6.5 points worse for Garen than both champions' overall Top win rates predict (48.5%), so the matchup itself works against this pick.
- Garen usually wins the lane: 271 gold ahead of Kayle at 15 minutes on average (146 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Garen players pick Last Stand much less often against Kayle: 58.8% of their other Top games, 37.3% 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 Garen and Kayle 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 Garen'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.
Garen vs Kayle Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Garen vs Kayle Win Rate by Game Length
Garen's win rate against Kayle 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: Garen's results against Kayle in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Garen vs Kayle 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)GarenGaren gold at 15: +271
- First itemEvenGaren: 13.7 min · Kayle: 13.8 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesEvenGaren wins 40.5% of 74 games
- 30+ min gamesEvenGaren wins 45.3% of 64 games
What Garen Changes Against Kayle
Choices Garen players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Last StandRuneUsually58.8%vs Kayle37.3%−21.5 pts41.1% WR here
TriumphRuneUsually61.8%vs Kayle40.7%−21.1 pts42.6% WR here
Stormraider's SurgeKeystoneUsually36.9%vs Kayle58.0%+21.1 pts40.2% WR here
SorcerySecondary treeUsually44.2%vs Kayle23.3%−20.8 pts45.7% WR here
ConquerorKeystoneUsually60.8%vs Kayle40.0%−20.8 pts43.3% WR here
Boots of SwiftnessBootsUsually17.4%vs Kayle38.0%+20.6 pts40.4% WR here
Gathering StormRuneUsually37.1%vs Kayle57.3%+20.2 pts43.0% WR here
ResolveSecondary treeUsually52.0%vs Kayle68.7%+16.7 pts40.8% WR here
Best Garen Build vs Kayle
Usual Garen build (Top)
69.2% win rate · 221 games
Against Kayle
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 11 of 93 Garen games against Kayle carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Garen's standard build instead.
- Garen usually completes Stridebreaker first, at 13.7 min (median of 140 games).
- Kayle usually completes Nashor's Tooth first, at 13.8 min (median of 121 games).
- Skill priority: E > Q > 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 Garen Runes vs Kayle
Usual Garen runes (Top)
Conqueror
80.8% win rate · 26 games
Against Kayle
Stormraider's Surge
35.6% win rate · 45 games
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Garen matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.22. The table below shows Garen'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 Garen build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Garen Matchups
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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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Garen vs Kayle FAQ - Patch 26.21–26.22
Who wins Garen vs Kayle?
Kayle is favored in this matchup: Garen wins 42.0% of 255 games, and the whole 95% range (36.1–48.1%) is on the same side of 50%.
What is Garen's win rate against Kayle?
Garen wins 42.0% of 255 Top games against Kayle on patch 26.21–26.22 (95% range 36.1–48.1%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 48.5% would be expected.
Does Garen counter Kayle?
No — it is the other way around: Garen wins only 42.0% of 255 games against Kayle, and the whole 95% range is below 50%.
Who wins lane, Garen or Kayle?
Garen usually wins the lane: 271 gold ahead of Kayle at 15 minutes on average (146 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Garen outscale Kayle?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Kayle strongest against Garen?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Kayle is ahead of Garen beyond the margin of error.
What should Garen build against Kayle?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Garen's usual Top core: Stridebreaker, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Phantom Dancer. The biggest change against Kayle: Boots of Swiftness (17.4% usually, 38.0% here).
What runes should Garen use against Kayle?
Stormraider's Surge with Sorcery and Resolve — 35.6% over 45 games against Kayle. The biggest change against Kayle: Last Stand (58.8% usually, 37.3% here).