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

Garenvs Yone

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

Garen vs Yone is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.7. Garen wins with a 50.7% win rate (+1.5%) over Yone based on 203 games. Garen wins the early laning phase while Yone scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Garen build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Garen vs Yone 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
Yone - 50.7% win rateYone(50.7%)
Garen - 50.7% win rate in this matchup
Garen
50.7% WR
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Yone vs Garen matchup - 49.3% win rate
Yone
49.3% WR

Who Wins the Garen vs Yone Matchup?

Garen wins the Garen vs Yone matchup
Winner
Garen
Matches: 203
50.7%
Win Rate
49.3%
7.1
CS / min
7.0
891
DMG / min
1,005
13,519
Gold / game
12,697
133
Heal / min
303
1,579
DMG Mitigated / min
1,094
1.4
CC / min
0.8
59.5%
Early Game WR
40.5%
44.5%
Late Game WR
55.5%

Garen vs Yone Matchup Summary

The Garen vs Yone matchup is a very close matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 203 recent matches analyzed, Garen wins with a 50.7% win rate compared to Yone's 49.3%, giving Garen a 1.5 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Garen controls the early laning stage, but Yone outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Garen needs to press advantages before Yone reaches their power spikes, while Yone should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Garen leads by 0.6s CC/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 Yone'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 Yone Laning Phase Breakdown

Garen wins the laning phase against Yone in League of Legends

Garen is favored during the laning phase against Yone, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Garen holds advantages in farming, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.

Farming
7.1Garen
7.0Yone
Garen and Yone farm at nearly identical rates in this matchup, with only a 0.0 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
891Garen
1,005Yone
Yone heavily out-damages Garen by 114 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 Yone's sustained damage advantage take over.
Economy
13,519Garen
12,697Yone
Garen generates a commanding 821 more gold per game than Yone. This substantial economic advantage means Garen consistently reaches key item breakpoints earlier, creating a compounding lead that grows throughout the game. Yone should focus on cost-effective item choices and avoid unnecessary deaths to prevent falling further behind.
Utility
1.4Garen
0.8Yone
Garen provides 0.6 seconds more crowd control per minute than Yone, offering better gank setup potential and slightly more team fight utility. This CC advantage helps Garen coordinate with their jungler and control the pace of skirmishes.
Sustain
1,712Garen
1,397Yone
Garen vastly out-sustains Yone, healing and mitigating 315 more damage per minute. This massive durability gap means Garen can absorb significant punishment and remain in lane while Yone is forced to recall. Building grievous wounds early is essential for Yone, and focusing on burst trade patterns rather than sustained fights is critical.

Best Garen Build Against Yone

Boots of Swiftness is the optimal boots choice against Yone, providing the mobility and stats Garen needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Garen against Yone are Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer and Infinity Edge. This combination gives Garen an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 66.7% win rate across 6 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Yone. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Garen vs Yone matchup.

Early Game vs Late Game

Early Game
Garen
59.5%
+19.0% advantage
Garen early game win rateGaren59.5%
Yone early game win rateYone40.5%
Late Game
Yone
55.5%
+10.9% advantage
Garen late game win rateGaren44.5%
Yone late game win rateYone55.5%

Garen dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 59.5% win rate — a 19.0 percentage point lead over Yone. This lopsided early game means Garen can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.

Yone is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 55.5% win rate — 10.9 points above Garen. Extended games heavily favor Yone, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.

This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Garen must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Yone reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Yone 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 Garen Runes Against Yone

Precision rune tree - Garen primary runes vs YonePrecision
Conqueror - best Garen rune vs YoneTriumph - best Garen rune vs YoneLegend: Haste - best Garen rune vs YoneLast Stand - best Garen rune vs Yone
Resolve rune tree - Garen secondary runes vs YoneResolve
Conditioning - best Garen rune vs YoneOvergrowth - best Garen rune vs Yone
59.4% WR

The Precision 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 Yone.


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 Yone - Frequently Asked Questions

How does Garen do against Yone in League of Legends?

Garen wins the Garen vs Yone matchup with a 50.7% win rate compared to Yone's 49.3%, a 1.5 percentage point difference. This data is based on 203 recent ranked games in patch 26.7.

How does Garen do against Yone in the early game?

In the early game, Garen has the advantage against Yone with a 59.5% win rate versus 40.5%. 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 Yone in the late game?

In the late game, Yone takes over the Garen vs Yone matchup with a 55.5% win rate compared to 44.5%. Yone scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.

Who wins the Garen vs Yone matchup?

Garen wins the matchup against Yone with a 50.7% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.7. The 1.5 percentage point advantage means Garen is slightly favored in this lane matchup based on 203 games analyzed.

What is the best Garen build against Yone?

The best Garen build against Yone includes Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Infinity Edge with Boots of Swiftness. This build achieves a 66.7% 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 Yone?

The best Garen runes against Yone use the Precision primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 59.4% win rate in the Garen vs Yone matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.

Does Garen counter Yone?

Yes, Garen has a favorable matchup against Yone with a 50.7% win rate. Garen slightly edges out Yone in lane based on current patch 26.7 data.

How do I play Garen against Yone?

When playing Garen against Yone, 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.