Garen - League of Legends Champion
Win Rate
50.6%
Pick Rate
7.8%

Garenvs Teemo

AFighterTank
Patch26.7
Matches949,984
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedApr 20, 2026
MethodologyData Methodology

Garen vs Teemo is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.7. Garen wins with a 51.2% win rate (+2.4%) over Teemo based on 250 games. Garen holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Garen build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Garen vs Teemo matchup.

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.

Compare against an opponent
Teemo - 51.2% win rateTeemo(51.2%)
Garen - 51.2% win rate in this matchup
Garen
51.2% WR
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Teemo vs Garen matchup - 48.8% win rate
Teemo
48.8% WR

Who Wins the Garen vs Teemo Matchup?

Garen wins the Garen vs Teemo matchup
Winner
Garen
Matches: 250
51.2%
Win Rate
48.8%
6.4
CS / min
6.4
675
DMG / min
1,047
12,357
Gold / game
11,972
123
Heal / min
115
1,469
DMG Mitigated / min
459
0.7
CC / min
1.6
52.5%
Early Game WR
47.5%
50.3%
Late Game WR
49.7%

Garen vs Teemo Matchup Summary

The Garen vs Teemo matchup is a very close matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 250 recent matches analyzed, Garen wins with a 51.2% win rate compared to Teemo's 48.8%, giving Garen a 2.4 percentage point advantage. Garen holds a slight edge in both the early and late game, but the margins are thin enough that individual skill and jungle attention will often determine the outcome. Teemo can still find windows through outplays and team coordination. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Garen leads by 1,018 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Garen has a statistical edge, but the margin is close enough that respecting Teemo's strengths is important. Trade when cooldowns are favorable, track the enemy jungler, and build toward your strongest item spikes to convert the slight advantage into a decisive lead. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.

Garen vs Teemo Laning Phase Breakdown

Teemo wins the laning phase against Garen in League of Legends

Teemo is favored during the laning phase against Garen, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Teemo holds advantages in farming, damage and crowd control, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.

Farming
6.4Garen
6.4Teemo
Garen and Teemo farm at nearly identical rates in this matchup, with only a 0.1 CS/min difference. Neither champion holds a meaningful farming advantage, so lane dominance will come from trading and jungle interaction rather than CS leads.
Damage
675Garen
1,047Teemo
Teemo heavily out-damages Garen by 372 DMG/min, dominating both short trades and all-in fights. Garen should avoid extended combat and instead focus on burst trade patterns — short engages followed by immediate disengagement — to avoid letting Teemo's sustained damage advantage take over.
Economy
12,357Garen
11,972Teemo
Garen earns 386 more gold per game than Teemo, equivalent to roughly one additional component item. This economic edge comes from a combination of better farming, kill participation, and objective control, giving Garen slightly faster item completions.
Utility
0.7Garen
1.6Teemo
Teemo brings significantly more crowd control than Garen, with 0.8 more seconds of CC per minute. This large utility gap makes Teemo far more valuable in setting up jungle ganks, controlling objectives, and locking down targets in team fights. Garen should invest in tenacity and position carefully to avoid being chain-CC'd.
Sustain
1,592Garen
574Teemo
Garen vastly out-sustains Teemo, healing and mitigating 1,018 more damage per minute. This massive durability gap means Garen can absorb significant punishment and remain in lane while Teemo is forced to recall. Building grievous wounds early is essential for Teemo, and focusing on burst trade patterns rather than sustained fights is critical.

Best Garen Build Against Teemo

Boots of Swiftness is the optimal boots choice against Teemo, providing the mobility and stats Garen needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Garen against Teemo are Stridebreaker, Dead Man's Plate and Spear of Shojin. This combination gives Garen an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 87.5% win rate across 8 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Teemo. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Garen vs Teemo matchup.

Early Game vs Late Game

Early Game
Garen
52.5%
+5.0% advantage
Garen early game win rateGaren52.5%
Teemo early game win rateTeemo47.5%
Late Game
Garen
50.3%
+0.7% advantage
Garen late game win rateGaren50.3%
Teemo late game win rateTeemo49.7%

During the early laning phase (first 15 minutes), Garen has a meaningful 52.5% win rate, outperforming Teemo by 5.0 percentage points. Garen players should look to press this advantage through aggressive trades, wave priority, and early jungle coordination.

Late game (25+ minutes) is equally balanced, with Garen at 50.3% win rate — only 0.7 points ahead of Teemo. Team fight execution and macro play determine the winner at this stage, not champion matchup advantage.

Garen holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Teemo players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.

Best Garen Runes Against Teemo

Sorcery rune tree - Garen primary runes vs TeemoSorcery
Phase Rush - best Garen rune vs TeemoAxiom Arcanist - best Garen rune vs TeemoCelerity - best Garen rune vs TeemoGathering Storm - best Garen rune vs Teemo
Resolve rune tree - Garen secondary runes vs TeemoResolve
Overgrowth - best Garen rune vs TeemoSecond Wind - best Garen rune vs Teemo
51.3% WR

The Sorcery primary with Resolve secondary combination helps Garen maximize their potential in this closely contested matchup, providing the right mix of offensive and defensive tools to edge out Teemo.


Garen matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.7. 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.

Garen matchup win rates and stats in League of Legends patch 26.7
Opponent
Win Rate
Matches
CS/min
DMG/min
Gold/game
Early WR
Late WR
47.09%3786.581512,43342.3%51.0%
50.97%3616.881012,30350.9%51.0%
50.46%3277.090212,58151.5%49.4%
39.77%2647.170612,97844.0%36.8%
51.20%2506.467512,35752.5%50.3%
54.05%2227.31,02512,98752.6%55.1%
50.74%2037.189113,51959.5%44.5%
46.31%2037.180012,46340.6%52.0%
53.61%1947.296213,24548.8%57.3%
57.98%1887.287312,68557.0%58.8%
58.92%1857.192912,95357.0%60.4%
48.33%1806.985512,62650.6%46.4%
54.19%1797.279212,94360.7%48.4%
55.87%1797.31,23013,86856.2%55.7%
46.51%1727.488813,11750.8%43.8%
50.00%1727.278813,61550.0%50.0%
48.75%1607.51,00813,37655.8%42.2%
55.63%1607.189712,61561.3%50.0%
54.37%1606.788212,69550.7%57.5%
54.84%1556.882712,87255.7%54.1%
41.61%1496.463912,28648.4%36.5%
55.41%1487.386213,62767.7%46.5%
49.31%1446.777612,57941.3%55.6%
51.08%1397.282712,66142.4%58.9%
57.81%1287.281813,52765.5%52.0%
54.33%1277.191512,82258.5%51.4%
52.80%1257.084512,19256.3%49.2%
48.76%1217.491413,17556.7%38.9%
43.33%1206.81,00913,16151.0%38.0%
37.29%1186.868912,05233.3%40.3%
41.59%1136.473812,99540.4%42.6%
53.10%1137.282212,72356.9%49.1%
55.86%1117.797714,57152.6%57.5%
60.19%1037.391513,70160.0%60.4%
53.92%1026.883612,54957.5%50.9%
55.79%957.394613,81159.5%53.5%
53.01%837.485612,76751.2%54.8%
57.50%807.295913,75844.4%68.2%
40.51%796.659611,96647.5%33.3%
57.33%756.778112,27155.6%59.0%
54.93%716.784714,07556.7%53.7%
64.29%706.774512,93657.6%70.3%
53.73%676.91,02913,17744.4%60.0%
51.67%607.277714,29656.5%48.6%
53.57%565.682412,21162.9%38.1%
41.51%537.079613,20750.0%34.5%
51.92%527.391113,68561.9%45.2%
53.85%527.179712,71448.1%60.0%
43.18%446.582314,24937.5%46.4%
47.73%446.789112,76155.0%41.7%
41.46%416.568112,86128.6%48.1%
48.65%376.088113,13955.0%41.2%
54.05%376.589213,34753.3%54.5%
64.52%317.078012,31161.1%69.2%
53.33%306.364811,69057.1%50.0%
58.62%296.272113,45022.2%75.0%
60.71%287.177312,47358.3%62.5%
37.04%274.881813,68254.5%25.0%
65.38%266.869412,46663.6%66.7%
42.31%267.381313,16630.0%50.0%
60.00%256.580012,90360.0%60.0%
73.91%237.389414,92175.0%73.3%
36.36%225.693914,95528.6%40.0%
45.45%227.096114,72150.0%42.9%
55.00%206.280113,97150.0%56.3%
50.00%203.976813,04622.2%72.7%
63.16%196.379114,55287.5%45.5%
57.89%195.479913,18166.7%53.9%
50.00%187.878212,54162.5%40.0%
55.56%187.376512,75960.0%50.0%
55.56%186.870912,83640.0%75.0%
66.67%187.173713,17850.0%75.0%
38.89%187.287112,83828.6%45.5%
47.06%176.981813,93580.0%33.3%
29.41%176.680212,28842.9%20.0%
17.65%176.253710,15830.0%0.0%
50.00%167.695412,35844.4%57.1%
31.25%165.861013,67050.0%28.6%
50.00%167.073313,45850.0%50.0%
37.50%167.790913,48037.5%37.5%
40.00%153.990515,7210.0%54.5%
80.00%156.285715,33885.7%75.0%
53.33%157.077914,00866.7%44.4%
50.00%147.168012,64050.0%50.0%
42.86%146.578111,62033.3%50.0%
57.14%145.975012,94355.6%60.0%
53.85%136.184313,92950.0%57.1%
33.33%125.276912,04616.7%50.0%
58.33%127.198113,67775.0%50.0%
58.33%126.065310,83171.4%40.0%
36.36%116.684815,5180.0%44.4%
54.55%113.374812,53666.7%50.0%
45.45%115.586413,78060.0%33.3%
81.82%116.372212,81766.7%87.5%
27.27%114.45999,35240.0%16.7%
27.27%116.482613,7120.0%42.9%
20.00%106.975413,08525.0%16.7%
40.00%106.370612,35520.0%60.0%
44.44%95.987611,46240.0%50.0%
33.33%96.565313,5950.0%50.0%
66.67%95.078313,74775.0%60.0%
55.56%94.964010,11620.0%100.0%
25.00%87.786110,71540.0%0.0%
75.00%87.192614,590100.0%66.7%
50.00%87.81,18114,23680.0%0.0%
37.50%85.051411,10433.3%40.0%
75.00%85.752010,73771.4%100.0%
62.50%86.466112,22260.0%66.7%
62.50%87.186614,69150.0%66.7%
75.00%86.771511,47483.3%50.0%
71.43%77.778914,404100.0%50.0%
57.14%72.356114,981100.0%40.0%
57.14%73.043511,42850.0%60.0%
71.43%77.475511,89660.0%100.0%
57.14%77.463510,11775.0%33.3%
50.00%65.756711,49050.0%50.0%
16.67%66.51,01318,1730.0%16.7%
16.67%66.163012,4130.0%33.3%
50.00%64.550911,659100.0%0.0%
16.67%65.356411,79550.0%0.0%
50.00%67.567312,51566.7%33.3%
33.33%66.660113,04866.7%0.0%
66.67%67.454712,03075.0%50.0%
40.00%56.986912,08433.3%50.0%
60.00%54.277312,15566.7%50.0%
60.00%56.971513,07166.7%50.0%
40.00%55.874414,0620.0%50.0%
40.00%54.849510,23733.3%50.0%
80.00%53.488215,856100.0%75.0%
60.00%56.555112,26450.0%66.7%

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Garen vs Teemo - Frequently Asked Questions

How does Garen do against Teemo in League of Legends?

Garen wins the Garen vs Teemo matchup with a 51.2% win rate compared to Teemo's 48.8%, a 2.4 percentage point difference. This data is based on 250 recent ranked games in patch 26.7.

How does Garen do against Teemo in the early game?

In the early game, Garen has the advantage against Teemo with a 52.5% win rate versus 47.5%. Garen players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.

How does Garen do against Teemo in the late game?

In the late game, Garen takes over the Garen vs Teemo matchup with a 50.3% win rate compared to 49.7%. Garen scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.

Who wins the Garen vs Teemo matchup?

Garen wins the matchup against Teemo with a 51.2% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.7. The 2.4 percentage point advantage means Garen is moderately favored in this lane matchup based on 250 games analyzed.

What is the best Garen build against Teemo?

The best Garen build against Teemo includes Stridebreaker, Dead Man's Plate, Spear of Shojin with Boots of Swiftness. This build achieves a 87.5% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.

What are the best Garen runes against Teemo?

The best Garen runes against Teemo use the Sorcery primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 51.3% win rate in the Garen vs Teemo matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.

Does Garen counter Teemo?

Yes, Garen has a favorable matchup against Teemo with a 51.2% win rate. Garen has a solid advantage over Teemo in lane based on current patch 26.7 data.

How do I play Garen against Teemo?

When playing Garen against Teemo, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.