Trundlevs Garen
Trundle vs Garen is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.11. Trundle wins with a 50.5% win rate (+0.9%) over Garen based on 111 games. Garen wins the early laning phase while Trundle scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Trundle build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Trundle vs Garen matchup.
Trundle Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Trundle 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 the Trundle vs Garen Matchup?
Trundle vs Garen Matchup Summary
The Trundle vs Garen matchup is essentially a coin-flip matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 111 recent matches analyzed, Trundle wins with a 50.5% win rate compared to Garen's 49.5%, giving Trundle a 0.9 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Garen controls the early laning stage, but Trundle outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Garen needs to press advantages before Trundle reaches their power spikes, while Trundle 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. Trundle has a statistical edge, but the margin is close enough that respecting Garen'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.
Trundle vs Garen Laning Phase Breakdown
Garen is favored during the laning phase against Trundle, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Garen holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income and crowd control, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Trundle Build Against Garen
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Garen, providing the mobility and stats Trundle needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Trundle against Garen are Hullbreaker, Blade of The Ruined King and Trinity Force. This combination gives Trundle 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 Trundle vs Garen matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Trundle47.5%
Garen52.5%Trundle52.1%Garen47.9%Garen dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 52.5% win rate — a 5.0 percentage point lead over Trundle. This lopsided early game means Garen can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
In the late game (25+ minutes), Trundle takes over with a 52.1% win rate, leading Garen by 4.2 percentage points. Trundle scales more effectively into team fights and objective contests.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Garen must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Trundle reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Trundle 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 Trundle Runes Against Garen
Precision
Resolve
The Precision primary with Resolve secondary combination helps Trundle maximize their potential in this closely contested matchup, providing the right mix of offensive and defensive tools to edge out Garen.
Trundle matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.11. The table below shows Trundle'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 Trundle build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.45% | 111 | 6.9 | 755 | 12,658 | 47.5% | 52.1% | |
| 50.55% | 91 | 5.6 | 570 | 12,202 | 50.0% | 50.9% | |
| 47.73% | 88 | 6.4 | 877 | 13,314 | 50.0% | 46.4% | |
| 43.53% | 85 | 5.6 | 729 | 12,431 | 40.0% | 46.0% | |
| 51.19% | 84 | 6.2 | 740 | 12,259 | 52.6% | 50.0% | |
| 50.65% | 77 | 6.7 | 650 | 12,317 | 42.4% | 56.8% | |
| 50.65% | 77 | 2.3 | 593 | 12,003 | 43.6% | 57.9% | |
| 55.41% | 74 | 6.0 | 689 | 12,089 | 53.1% | 57.1% | |
| 47.76% | 67 | 3.0 | 702 | 12,070 | 50.0% | 45.7% | |
| 49.25% | 67 | 6.4 | 1,098 | 12,175 | 50.0% | 48.6% | |
| 50.77% | 65 | 5.5 | 804 | 11,766 | 50.0% | 51.4% | |
| 37.10% | 62 | 5.4 | 699 | 12,141 | 38.1% | 36.6% | |
| 39.34% | 61 | 6.4 | 805 | 12,005 | 44.4% | 35.3% | |
| 51.85% | 54 | 6.7 | 810 | 12,383 | 61.5% | 42.9% | |
| 54.72% | 53 | 3.1 | 779 | 11,925 | 52.0% | 57.1% | |
| 56.86% | 51 | 6.3 | 756 | 12,266 | 60.9% | 53.6% | |
| 49.02% | 51 | 6.7 | 714 | 10,939 | 48.3% | 50.0% | |
| 51.02% | 49 | 6.6 | 763 | 12,848 | 57.9% | 46.7% | |
| 40.82% | 49 | 6.1 | 764 | 11,900 | 36.4% | 44.4% | |
| 46.94% | 49 | 1.4 | 586 | 10,894 | 51.7% | 40.0% | |
| 36.73% | 49 | 1.7 | 629 | 12,549 | 34.8% | 38.5% | |
| 47.83% | 46 | 1.4 | 607 | 11,844 | 65.0% | 34.6% | |
| 45.45% | 44 | 6.9 | 690 | 12,120 | 54.5% | 36.4% | |
| 40.91% | 44 | 1.4 | 646 | 12,295 | 33.3% | 46.1% | |
| 55.81% | 43 | 6.9 | 773 | 12,928 | 63.2% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 42 | 6.3 | 736 | 12,402 | 58.8% | 56.0% | |
| 36.59% | 41 | 6.1 | 642 | 11,277 | 38.1% | 35.0% | |
| 57.50% | 40 | 7.0 | 802 | 12,492 | 66.7% | 47.4% | |
| 56.41% | 39 | 1.6 | 560 | 13,731 | 45.5% | 60.7% | |
| 34.21% | 38 | 6.7 | 791 | 12,566 | 35.7% | 33.3% | |
| 57.14% | 35 | 5.4 | 601 | 11,758 | 66.7% | 47.1% | |
| 57.14% | 35 | 1.9 | 589 | 11,609 | 42.1% | 75.0% | |
| 53.13% | 32 | 6.4 | 605 | 12,517 | 63.6% | 47.6% | |
| 43.75% | 32 | 6.0 | 765 | 11,534 | 60.0% | 29.4% | |
| 59.38% | 32 | 6.2 | 886 | 12,738 | 56.3% | 62.5% | |
| 48.28% | 29 | 3.6 | 671 | 12,230 | 57.1% | 40.0% | |
| 31.03% | 29 | 2.2 | 569 | 13,476 | 28.6% | 31.8% | |
| 51.72% | 29 | 6.6 | 744 | 12,864 | 64.3% | 40.0% | |
| 41.38% | 29 | 3.4 | 607 | 13,355 | 16.7% | 58.8% | |
| 53.57% | 28 | 1.4 | 609 | 13,001 | 61.5% | 46.7% | |
| 44.44% | 27 | 5.4 | 792 | 12,108 | 42.9% | 46.1% | |
| 37.04% | 27 | 1.6 | 581 | 13,114 | 41.7% | 33.3% | |
| 66.67% | 24 | 6.8 | 776 | 12,551 | 78.6% | 50.0% | |
| 58.33% | 24 | 5.5 | 745 | 13,692 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 41.67% | 24 | 6.8 | 822 | 13,460 | 45.5% | 38.5% | |
| 56.52% | 23 | 1.5 | 677 | 13,146 | 45.5% | 66.7% | |
| 60.87% | 23 | 7.6 | 776 | 13,896 | 70.0% | 53.9% | |
| 65.22% | 23 | 5.7 | 757 | 11,957 | 61.5% | 70.0% | |
| 63.64% | 22 | 6.9 | 658 | 12,110 | 60.0% | 66.7% | |
| 57.14% | 21 | 1.9 | 584 | 11,806 | 61.5% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 21 | 6.2 | 648 | 12,265 | 62.5% | 53.9% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 1.4 | 601 | 12,753 | 71.4% | 38.5% | |
| 63.16% | 19 | 6.5 | 1,091 | 13,552 | 80.0% | 44.4% | |
| 36.84% | 19 | 5.9 | 750 | 12,651 | 60.0% | 28.6% | |
| 36.84% | 19 | 6.7 | 546 | 11,896 | 25.0% | 45.5% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 4.6 | 544 | 9,841 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 6.7 | 546 | 12,294 | 40.0% | 55.6% | |
| 66.67% | 18 | 5.8 | 709 | 11,276 | 75.0% | 60.0% | |
| 52.94% | 17 | 6.9 | 796 | 14,694 | 50.0% | 53.9% | |
| 64.71% | 17 | 3.0 | 699 | 13,527 | 100.0% | 53.9% | |
| 25.00% | 16 | 1.9 | 590 | 13,391 | 50.0% | 16.7% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 5.7 | 616 | 12,672 | 50.0% | 45.5% | |
| 20.00% | 15 | 1.2 | 525 | 11,726 | 16.7% | 22.2% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 1.3 | 756 | 12,708 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 26.67% | 15 | 2.4 | 578 | 13,365 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 3.3 | 630 | 10,277 | 50.0% | 71.4% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 2.2 | 644 | 13,429 | 20.0% | 44.4% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 1.4 | 581 | 13,773 | 66.7% | 37.5% | |
| 64.29% | 14 | 2.2 | 552 | 12,119 | 66.7% | 62.5% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 6.9 | 830 | 15,916 | 50.0% | 45.5% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 2.0 | 640 | 13,574 | 66.7% | 42.9% | |
| 69.23% | 13 | 5.8 | 634 | 13,977 | 75.0% | 60.0% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 2.4 | 613 | 11,276 | 66.7% | 42.9% | |
| 23.08% | 13 | 1.4 | 631 | 12,369 | 14.3% | 33.3% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 6.5 | 769 | 14,131 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 5.6 | 620 | 10,041 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 2.5 | 677 | 11,463 | 40.0% | 28.6% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.7 | 771 | 10,707 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 4.5 | 477 | 12,717 | 60.0% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 2.2 | 748 | 11,493 | 75.0% | 33.3% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 7.1 | 706 | 13,796 | 80.0% | 0.0% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 5.1 | 614 | 12,577 | 20.0% | 25.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 2.0 | 546 | 13,323 | 33.3% | 83.3% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 6.0 | 889 | 12,031 | 50.0% | 20.0% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 1.2 | 497 | 10,398 | 20.0% | 25.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 2.0 | 356 | 8,392 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 12.50% | 8 | 6.9 | 764 | 13,121 | 0.0% | 16.7% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 1.8 | 534 | 11,015 | 0.0% | 42.9% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 6.3 | 676 | 14,130 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 1.1 | 512 | 11,908 | 75.0% | 33.3% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 3.5 | 626 | 11,773 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.0 | 611 | 10,252 | 40.0% | 50.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 5.9 | 753 | 14,206 | 33.3% | 100.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 3.9 | 453 | 10,729 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 3.5 | 394 | 9,764 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 7.8 | 693 | 13,534 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 3.4 | 459 | 11,476 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 2.0 | 442 | 10,986 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 4.1 | 867 | 11,783 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 3.6 | 562 | 12,052 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.8 | 667 | 14,367 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 3.3 | 417 | 10,691 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 3.1 | 431 | 10,143 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 7.0 | 723 | 10,425 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
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Trundle vs Garen - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Trundle do against Garen in League of Legends?
Trundle wins the Trundle vs Garen matchup with a 50.5% win rate compared to Garen's 49.5%, a 0.9 percentage point difference. This data is based on 111 recent ranked games in patch 26.11.
How does Trundle do against Garen in the early game?
In the early game, Garen has the advantage against Trundle 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 Trundle do against Garen in the late game?
In the late game, Trundle takes over the Trundle vs Garen matchup with a 52.1% win rate compared to 47.9%. Trundle scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Trundle vs Garen matchup?
Trundle wins the matchup against Garen with a 50.5% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.11. The 0.9 percentage point advantage means Trundle is slightly favored in this lane matchup based on 111 games analyzed.
What is the best Trundle build against Garen?
The best Trundle build against Garen includes Hullbreaker, Blade of The Ruined King, Trinity Force 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 Trundle runes against Garen?
The best Trundle runes against Garen use the Precision primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 44.6% win rate in the Trundle vs Garen matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Trundle counter Garen?
Yes, Trundle has a favorable matchup against Garen with a 50.5% win rate. Trundle slightly edges out Garen in lane based on current patch 26.11 data.
How do I play Trundle against Garen?
When playing Trundle against Garen, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. Play safe early and scale into your power spikes where you outperform Garen. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.