- Win Rate
- 51.8%
- Pick Rate
- 4.4%
- Ban Rate
- 7.0%
Garen vs Vladimir
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 5,744
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 13, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Garen vs Vladimir is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.20. Garen wins with a 60.5% win rate (+20.9%) over Vladimir based on 43 games. Garen wins the early laning phase while Vladimir scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Garen build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Garen vs Vladimir 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.
Who wins Garen vs Vladimir?
Garen wins 53.1% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 36.4% and 69.1% (95% range).
- Expected
- 52.4% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- +0.7 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 32 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.19
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.20 · Oct 10 – Oct 11
They also met in another lane (Mid): 4 games, Garen won 50.0%.
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Garen, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Garen wins 53.1% of 32 games (95% range 36.4–69.1%).
- Both champions' overall Top win rates predict 52.4% for Garen; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Garen players pick Mortal Reminder far more often against Vladimir: 36.4% of their other Top games, 56.3% 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 Vladimir 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 Vladimir Laning Stats
Only 29 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Garen vs Vladimir Win Rate by Game Length
Garen's win rate against Vladimir 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 Vladimir in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Garen vs Vladimir 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)Insufficient data
- First itemVladimirGaren: 15.4 min · Vladimir: 12.8 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Garen Changes Against Vladimir
Choices Garen players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Mortal ReminderItemUsually36.4%vs Vladimir56.3%+19.8 pts
Force of NatureItemUsually12.8%vs Vladimir28.1%+15.4 pts
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually13.3%vs Vladimirunder 2%−13.3 pts
StridebreakerItemUsually91.6%vs Vladimir81.3%−10.4 pts53.8% WR here
Mercury's TreadsBootsUsually6.1%vs Vladimir15.6%+9.5 pts
Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health PotionStarting itemsUsually0.9%vs Vladimir6.3%+5.3 pts
Doran's Helm + Health Potion + Control Ward + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Vladimir3.1%+3.1 pts
Doran's Blade + Health Potion + Stealth Ward + Oracle LensStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Vladimir3.1%+3.1 pts
Best Garen Build vs Vladimir
Usual Garen build (Top)
69.6% win rate · 102 games
Against Vladimir
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 6 of 20 Garen games against Vladimir 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 15.4 min (median of 25 games).
- Vladimir usually completes Stormsurge first, at 12.8 min (median of 20 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 Vladimir
Usual Garen runes (Top)
Conqueror
80.0% win rate · 15 games
Against Vladimir
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
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Garen matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.20. 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
Hardest for Garen
Easiest for Garen
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 Vladimir FAQ - Patch 26.20
Who wins Garen vs Vladimir?
Current data slightly favors Garen, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Garen wins 53.1% of 32 games (95% range 36.4–69.1%).
What is Garen's win rate against Vladimir?
Garen wins 53.1% of 32 Top games against Vladimir on patch 26.20 (95% range 36.4–69.1%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 52.4% would be expected.
Does Garen counter Vladimir?
Not clearly. Garen wins 53.1% of 32 games against Vladimir, and the 95% range (36.4–69.1%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Garen or Vladimir?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (29) to say who wins lane.
Does Garen outscale Vladimir?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Vladimir strongest against Garen?
Vladimir is measurably ahead in: First item.
What should Garen build against Vladimir?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Garen's usual Top core: Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Infinity Edge. The biggest change against Vladimir: Mortal Reminder (36.4% usually, 56.3% here).
What runes should Garen use against Vladimir?
Use Garen's usual Conqueror page (Precision + Sorcery); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page.