Pantheon - League of Legends Champion
Win Rate
48.5%
Pick Rate
4.6%

Pantheonvs Garen

FFighterAssassin
Patch26.11
Matches776,441
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedJun 5, 2026
MethodologyData Methodology

Pantheon vs Garen is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.11. Garen wins with a 55.1% win rate (+10.2%) over Pantheon based on 118 games. Garen holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Pantheon build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Pantheon vs Garen matchup.

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Pantheon Matchup Breakdown

Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Pantheon 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.

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Pantheon - 44.9% win rate in this matchup
Pantheon
44.9% WR
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Garen vs Pantheon matchup - 55.1% win rate
Garen
55.1% WR

Who Wins the Pantheon vs Garen Matchup?

Garen wins the Pantheon vs Garen matchup
Winner
Garen
Matches: 118
44.9%
Win Rate
55.1%
5.7
CS / min
6.5
875
DMG / min
821
11,362
Gold / game
12,795
201
Heal / min
136
901
DMG Mitigated / min
1,487
0.9
CC / min
1.2
46.8%
Early Game WR
53.2%
43.7%
Late Game WR
56.3%

Pantheon vs Garen Matchup Summary

The Pantheon vs Garen matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 118 recent matches analyzed, Garen wins with a 55.1% win rate compared to Pantheon's 44.9%, giving Garen a 10.2 percentage point advantage. Garen dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Pantheon players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Garen leads by 521 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Garen has a strong advantage in this matchup. Pantheon 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.

Pantheon vs Garen Laning Phase Breakdown

Garen wins the laning phase against Pantheon in League of Legends

Garen is favored during the laning phase against Pantheon, 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
5.7Pantheon
6.5Garen
Garen edges out Pantheon by 0.8 CS per minute — a moderate farming advantage that adds up to roughly 12 CS over a 15-minute laning phase. This translates to earlier component purchases and slightly faster power spikes for Garen.
Damage
875Pantheon
821Garen
Pantheon deals 54 more champion damage per minute than Garen. While noticeable in extended trades, this gap can be offset by Garen choosing favorable fight windows, such as engaging when Pantheon's key abilities are on cooldown or trading immediately after dodging a skillshot.
Economy
11,362Pantheon
12,795Garen
Garen generates a commanding 1,433 more gold per game than Pantheon. This substantial economic advantage means Garen consistently reaches key item breakpoints earlier, creating a compounding lead that grows throughout the game. Pantheon should focus on cost-effective item choices and avoid unnecessary deaths to prevent falling further behind.
Utility
0.9Pantheon
1.2Garen
Garen provides 0.3 seconds more crowd control per minute than Pantheon, 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
1,102Pantheon
1,623Garen
Garen vastly out-sustains Pantheon, healing and mitigating 521 more damage per minute. This massive durability gap means Garen can absorb significant punishment and remain in lane while Pantheon is forced to recall. Building grievous wounds early is essential for Pantheon, and focusing on burst trade patterns rather than sustained fights is critical.

Best Pantheon Build Against Garen

Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Garen, providing the mobility and stats Pantheon needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Pantheon against Garen are Eclipse, Sundered Sky and Death's Dance. This combination gives Pantheon an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 75.0% win rate across 4 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Garen. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Pantheon vs Garen matchup.

Early Game vs Late Game

Early Game
Garen
53.2%
+6.4% advantage
Pantheon early game win ratePantheon46.8%
Garen early game win rateGaren53.2%
Late Game
Garen
56.3%
+12.7% advantage
Pantheon late game win ratePantheon43.7%
Garen late game win rateGaren56.3%

Garen dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 53.2% win rate — a 6.4 percentage point lead over Pantheon. This lopsided early game means Garen 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 56.3% win rate — 12.7 points above Pantheon. Extended games heavily favor Garen, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.

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

Best Pantheon Runes Against Garen

Precision rune tree - Pantheon primary runes vs GarenPrecision
Conqueror - best Pantheon rune vs GarenPresence of Mind - best Pantheon rune vs GarenLegend: Haste - best Pantheon rune vs GarenLast Stand - best Pantheon rune vs Garen
Sorcery rune tree - Pantheon secondary runes vs GarenSorcery
Scorch - best Pantheon rune vs GarenTranscendence - best Pantheon rune vs Garen
50.0% WR

The Precision and Sorcery rune setup gives Pantheon the best tools to compete against Garen in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.


Pantheon matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.11. The table below shows Pantheon'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 Pantheon build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.

Pantheon matchup win rates and stats in League of Legends patch 26.11
Opponent
Win Rate
Matches
CS/min
DMG/min
Gold/game
Early WR
Late WR
51.56%1921.671010,53048.8%53.7%
45.83%1922.064610,05043.3%48.0%
48.13%1601.670110,56146.8%49.4%
46.53%1441.666210,14152.0%40.6%
43.48%1381.670910,54141.2%44.8%
46.15%1301.767410,68140.9%48.8%
43.75%1284.481011,65738.3%46.9%
46.67%1201.672510,32755.1%40.9%
44.92%1185.787511,36246.8%43.7%
42.59%1085.490811,26846.3%38.9%
45.28%1061.666810,08538.8%50.9%
44.76%1055.489310,77646.0%43.6%
54.46%1014.776111,28160.5%50.8%
46.94%985.182410,67041.5%50.9%
52.58%972.689911,20836.6%64.3%
59.38%961.669211,25555.9%61.3%
55.79%955.599412,38565.1%48.1%
41.49%942.073610,82641.7%41.4%
48.89%905.298610,97757.5%39.5%
47.19%892.167210,55954.0%42.3%
47.13%871.76439,64652.0%40.5%
44.05%842.179611,05241.9%45.3%
53.75%805.495912,14263.6%46.8%
45.00%801.776113,10567.9%32.7%
57.69%781.65889,79262.5%52.6%
42.86%771.76739,86151.4%35.7%
41.56%771.76289,75440.0%42.9%
43.06%721.65909,56148.5%38.5%
57.14%704.494912,44941.7%65.2%
64.29%702.581812,32663.6%64.6%
46.38%694.886311,48541.9%50.0%
49.23%655.094611,78556.0%45.0%
37.50%645.21,14210,64045.2%30.3%
46.77%624.383111,01551.7%42.4%
42.62%614.91,05411,97147.1%40.9%
46.67%603.084010,91837.9%54.8%
40.68%591.375011,70944.0%38.2%
40.68%590.967511,68033.3%48.3%
44.64%561.869510,41742.3%46.7%
41.82%552.974011,00730.0%56.0%
45.45%555.290611,24747.1%44.7%
44.44%541.472912,03629.2%56.7%
52.83%535.496210,41665.4%40.7%
45.28%535.087810,60962.5%31.0%
46.15%526.092811,56443.5%48.3%
50.00%523.494612,34044.0%55.6%
47.06%515.189211,67057.9%40.6%
48.00%501.574712,05956.5%40.7%
38.00%505.485010,77837.5%38.5%
56.00%501.677211,12657.1%55.2%
53.06%493.388511,44243.5%61.5%
55.10%491.277413,28156.3%54.5%
48.94%471.565510,69542.1%53.6%
61.70%475.398412,49460.0%63.0%
45.65%464.483011,84741.2%48.3%
43.48%463.378110,97134.6%55.0%
53.33%452.571410,46544.4%59.3%
62.22%452.677810,99660.0%63.3%
60.00%455.984611,09061.5%57.9%
56.82%444.990711,92940.0%65.5%
47.73%444.877011,45756.3%42.9%
47.73%442.376110,67660.0%41.4%
51.16%434.793311,62845.5%53.1%
40.48%421.56199,39652.2%26.3%
45.24%425.586311,80543.8%46.1%
57.14%421.877712,60764.3%53.6%
50.00%424.978611,70156.3%46.1%
41.46%415.278010,05326.1%61.1%
53.66%415.081610,31341.2%62.5%
48.78%411.664110,10545.5%52.6%
47.50%402.07219,19050.0%44.4%
47.50%401.467910,07857.1%36.8%
50.00%405.395711,73650.0%50.0%
47.50%404.074710,76655.0%40.0%
35.00%404.184510,93026.7%40.0%
38.46%395.61,05112,32033.3%40.7%
47.37%385.983311,83250.0%45.8%
48.65%371.673810,76663.6%42.3%
40.54%371.573510,86856.3%28.6%
40.54%371.168512,59046.1%37.5%
47.22%364.476611,08944.4%50.0%
44.44%361.560510,07036.4%48.0%
42.86%354.784210,89133.3%52.9%
54.29%355.877011,58375.0%36.8%
45.71%351.073411,59842.9%47.6%
47.06%345.789711,32366.7%25.0%
50.00%341.168312,42050.0%50.0%
48.48%334.683811,25142.1%57.1%
69.70%335.294712,22584.6%60.0%
48.48%332.874210,93855.6%40.0%
42.42%333.487811,81760.0%34.8%
46.88%325.592812,38927.3%57.1%
41.94%315.598311,07141.2%42.9%
58.06%315.586510,83438.5%72.2%
35.48%315.190311,90946.7%25.0%
53.57%281.870411,45966.7%43.8%
60.71%285.294512,26258.3%62.5%
42.86%281.874612,80980.0%34.8%
42.86%281.176512,72433.3%50.0%
48.15%271.973011,59541.7%53.3%
33.33%271.672210,45442.9%23.1%
48.15%274.876912,22437.5%52.6%
62.96%275.178310,92164.3%61.5%
57.69%263.881212,62158.3%57.1%
40.00%250.860910,48436.4%42.9%
43.48%235.362410,48042.9%44.4%
43.48%235.984811,77754.5%33.3%
52.17%230.873512,47072.7%33.3%
50.00%223.386411,39761.5%33.3%
68.18%224.989911,23277.8%61.5%
52.38%214.784812,48675.0%38.5%
57.14%214.678511,27257.1%57.1%
38.10%211.575612,25230.8%50.0%
35.00%201.569011,14042.9%30.8%
38.89%181.671312,75728.6%45.5%
44.44%185.293711,86714.3%63.6%
38.89%185.897810,60427.3%57.1%
52.94%175.682012,34162.5%44.4%
56.25%162.87048,92070.0%33.3%
50.00%160.972112,87360.0%45.5%
40.00%155.61,18114,58666.7%33.3%
71.43%144.793912,75266.7%75.0%
50.00%145.396613,75650.0%50.0%
50.00%142.182114,112100.0%36.4%
42.86%141.384712,31142.9%42.9%
78.57%142.26178,53475.0%83.3%
57.14%144.81,10214,74250.0%60.0%
46.15%135.175912,59133.3%50.0%
53.85%130.973110,12437.5%80.0%
38.46%131.873313,19525.0%44.4%
41.67%124.488311,80850.0%33.3%
33.33%122.589111,30844.4%0.0%
50.00%124.771710,83033.3%66.7%
58.33%121.883713,51166.7%55.6%
18.18%112.876312,24133.3%12.5%
36.36%111.990214,2860.0%44.4%
54.55%110.767813,62250.0%55.6%
54.55%114.390612,42275.0%42.9%
54.55%115.074812,46150.0%55.6%
40.00%104.97139,62420.0%60.0%
30.00%102.662712,9240.0%37.5%
30.00%101.285814,52950.0%16.7%
44.44%94.496512,2300.0%57.1%
33.33%93.68999,9930.0%75.0%
44.44%94.386410,46050.0%40.0%
62.50%85.590612,59533.3%80.0%
37.50%80.979210,92550.0%25.0%
25.00%83.673512,61725.0%25.0%
50.00%84.792212,72833.3%60.0%
57.14%71.085712,48266.7%50.0%
85.71%74.375511,853100.0%80.0%
50.00%62.679810,23450.0%50.0%
50.00%62.093912,13150.0%50.0%
33.33%64.683511,1340.0%50.0%
80.00%53.61,18715,637100.0%75.0%
40.00%54.869910,8180.0%66.7%
40.00%51.077911,62333.3%50.0%

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Pantheon vs Garen - Frequently Asked Questions

How does Pantheon do against Garen in League of Legends?

Garen wins the Pantheon vs Garen matchup with a 55.1% win rate compared to Pantheon's 44.9%, a 10.2 percentage point difference. This data is based on 118 recent ranked games in patch 26.11.

How does Pantheon do against Garen in the early game?

In the early game, Garen has the advantage against Pantheon with a 53.2% win rate versus 46.8%. Garen players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.

How does Pantheon do against Garen in the late game?

In the late game, Garen takes over the Pantheon vs Garen matchup with a 56.3% win rate compared to 43.7%. Garen scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.

Who wins the Pantheon vs Garen matchup?

Garen wins the matchup against Pantheon with a 55.1% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.11. The 10.2 percentage point advantage means Garen is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 118 games analyzed.

What is the best Pantheon build against Garen?

The best Pantheon build against Garen includes Eclipse, Sundered Sky, Death's Dance with Plated Steelcaps. This build achieves a 75.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.

What are the best Pantheon runes against Garen?

The best Pantheon runes against Garen use the Precision primary tree with Sorcery secondary. This rune setup achieves a 50.0% win rate in the Pantheon vs Garen matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.

Does Pantheon counter Garen?

No, Pantheon struggles against Garen with only a 44.9% win rate. Garen has the advantage in this matchup. Pantheon players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Garen's lead.

How do I play Pantheon against Garen?

When playing Pantheon 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.