Udyrvs Garen
Udyr vs Garen is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.7. Garen wins with a 51.9% win rate (+3.8%) over Udyr based on 52 games. Garen wins the early laning phase while Udyr scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Udyr build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Udyr vs Garen matchup.
Udyr Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Udyr 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.
Garen(48.1%)Who Wins the Udyr vs Garen Matchup?
Udyr vs Garen Matchup Summary
The Udyr vs Garen matchup is a moderate matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 52 recent matches analyzed, Garen wins with a 51.9% win rate compared to Udyr's 48.1%, giving Garen a 3.8 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Garen controls the early laning stage, but Udyr outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Garen needs to press advantages before Udyr reaches their power spikes, while Udyr should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in damage output, where Garen leads by 148 DMG/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. While Garen is slightly favored, Udyr can absolutely win this lane through smart trading patterns and wave management. Focus on playing around your cooldowns, conceding CS only when necessary, and capitalizing on Garen's mistakes. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Udyr vs Garen Laning Phase Breakdown
Garen is favored during the laning phase against Udyr, 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 Udyr Build Against Garen
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Garen, providing the mobility and stats Udyr needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Udyr against Garen are Liandry's Torment, Winter's Approach and Spirit Visage. This combination gives Udyr an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 2 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Garen. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Udyr vs Garen matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Udyr38.1%Garen61.9%Udyr54.8%Garen45.2%Garen dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 61.9% win rate — a 23.8 percentage point lead over Udyr. This lopsided early game means Garen can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Udyr is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 54.8% win rate — 9.7 points above Garen. Extended games heavily favor Udyr, 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 Udyr reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Udyr 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 Udyr Runes Against Garen
Precision
Sorcery
The Precision and Sorcery rune setup gives Udyr the best tools to compete against Garen in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Udyr matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.7. The table below shows Udyr'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 Udyr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.16% | 77 | 1.8 | 712 | 12,861 | 40.0% | 47.6% | |
| 52.11% | 71 | 1.1 | 624 | 12,301 | 54.0% | 50.0% | |
| 58.06% | 62 | 1.3 | 659 | 13,412 | 59.3% | 57.1% | |
| 42.62% | 61 | 1.2 | 684 | 11,771 | 51.9% | 35.3% | |
| 46.30% | 54 | 1.6 | 733 | 12,738 | 44.8% | 48.0% | |
| 48.08% | 52 | 6.7 | 764 | 11,649 | 38.1% | 54.8% | |
| 39.22% | 51 | 1.4 | 691 | 11,930 | 44.0% | 34.6% | |
| 50.00% | 50 | 1.4 | 605 | 11,857 | 54.8% | 42.1% | |
| 54.35% | 46 | 1.1 | 664 | 12,544 | 56.5% | 52.2% | |
| 55.26% | 38 | 1.5 | 761 | 14,069 | 64.7% | 47.6% | |
| 54.05% | 37 | 1.8 | 603 | 11,703 | 52.2% | 57.1% | |
| 45.95% | 37 | 2.6 | 769 | 13,032 | 65.0% | 23.5% | |
| 33.33% | 36 | 2.6 | 929 | 11,663 | 17.6% | 47.4% | |
| 50.00% | 34 | 3.3 | 807 | 12,556 | 56.3% | 44.4% | |
| 50.00% | 32 | 2.8 | 727 | 13,117 | 30.8% | 63.2% | |
| 46.88% | 32 | 1.4 | 725 | 12,246 | 42.1% | 53.9% | |
| 38.71% | 31 | 5.6 | 792 | 12,370 | 35.7% | 41.2% | |
| 35.48% | 31 | 1.5 | 686 | 12,808 | 28.6% | 41.2% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 1.7 | 685 | 14,134 | 66.7% | 44.4% | |
| 46.67% | 30 | 1.4 | 709 | 13,056 | 72.7% | 31.6% | |
| 55.56% | 27 | 1.7 | 770 | 13,317 | 64.3% | 46.1% | |
| 33.33% | 27 | 4.8 | 722 | 11,648 | 50.0% | 20.0% | |
| 46.15% | 26 | 2.6 | 672 | 10,977 | 35.7% | 58.3% | |
| 38.46% | 26 | 1.6 | 676 | 12,289 | 50.0% | 28.6% | |
| 46.15% | 26 | 1.4 | 631 | 13,115 | 62.5% | 38.9% | |
| 56.00% | 25 | 1.3 | 714 | 13,824 | 50.0% | 61.5% | |
| 56.00% | 25 | 4.8 | 688 | 10,360 | 57.1% | 54.5% | |
| 62.50% | 24 | 3.7 | 818 | 12,249 | 66.7% | 58.3% | |
| 41.67% | 24 | 1.2 | 656 | 12,490 | 54.5% | 30.8% | |
| 30.43% | 23 | 4.3 | 594 | 10,220 | 25.0% | 36.4% | |
| 47.62% | 21 | 1.2 | 722 | 13,527 | 71.4% | 35.7% | |
| 57.14% | 21 | 1.4 | 661 | 11,746 | 36.4% | 80.0% | |
| 33.33% | 21 | 1.3 | 574 | 9,847 | 35.7% | 28.6% | |
| 47.62% | 21 | 4.4 | 700 | 10,474 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 38.10% | 21 | 4.2 | 742 | 10,149 | 41.2% | 25.0% | |
| 33.33% | 21 | 2.1 | 641 | 11,620 | 11.1% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 20 | 1.2 | 711 | 12,942 | 30.0% | 50.0% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 1.7 | 709 | 9,906 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 1.1 | 677 | 11,407 | 72.7% | 22.2% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 1.1 | 731 | 11,290 | 54.5% | 62.5% | |
| 66.67% | 18 | 1.3 | 756 | 13,250 | 77.8% | 55.6% | |
| 61.11% | 18 | 1.8 | 628 | 12,093 | 60.0% | 62.5% | |
| 35.29% | 17 | 1.9 | 830 | 12,113 | 30.0% | 42.9% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 1.0 | 680 | 12,004 | 44.4% | 75.0% | |
| 52.94% | 17 | 5.8 | 908 | 11,303 | 30.0% | 85.7% | |
| 80.00% | 15 | 3.1 | 808 | 13,327 | 71.4% | 87.5% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 6.4 | 899 | 12,398 | 40.0% | 40.0% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 3.8 | 759 | 12,140 | 28.6% | 62.5% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 6.4 | 715 | 10,286 | 44.4% | 66.7% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 4.4 | 818 | 12,607 | 57.1% | 28.6% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 1.4 | 774 | 11,859 | 28.6% | 57.1% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 1.9 | 742 | 11,583 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 6.6 | 773 | 10,634 | 28.6% | 57.1% | |
| 28.57% | 14 | 5.0 | 699 | 10,497 | 27.3% | 33.3% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 5.9 | 812 | 12,490 | 66.7% | 14.3% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 7.0 | 935 | 11,590 | 83.3% | 28.6% | |
| 66.67% | 12 | 6.2 | 698 | 12,850 | 50.0% | 70.0% | |
| 25.00% | 12 | 3.9 | 514 | 10,640 | 40.0% | 14.3% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 6.5 | 1,025 | 12,881 | 28.6% | 40.0% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 1.1 | 590 | 11,460 | 16.7% | 50.0% | |
| 81.82% | 11 | 7.0 | 698 | 10,812 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 72.73% | 11 | 2.7 | 685 | 11,907 | 50.0% | 85.7% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 1.3 | 576 | 12,346 | 66.7% | 42.9% | |
| 20.00% | 10 | 1.3 | 555 | 10,416 | 25.0% | 0.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 7.1 | 764 | 12,618 | 50.0% | 57.1% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 5.9 | 810 | 11,024 | 50.0% | 28.6% | |
| 11.11% | 9 | 5.1 | 875 | 12,823 | 0.0% | 16.7% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 1.1 | 644 | 12,165 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 6.1 | 979 | 11,426 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 6.9 | 652 | 13,926 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 6.3 | 733 | 12,142 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 85.71% | 7 | 6.3 | 739 | 12,438 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 7.8 | 1,092 | 13,945 | 33.3% | 25.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 6.7 | 766 | 8,082 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.9 | 843 | 10,657 | 75.0% | 33.3% | |
| 14.29% | 7 | 7.0 | 973 | 12,805 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 1.5 | 678 | 13,130 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.0 | 714 | 13,372 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.0 | 753 | 12,308 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 6.3 | 729 | 10,255 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 2.0 | 731 | 12,514 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 6.3 | 540 | 6,902 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 1.6 | 743 | 14,029 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
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Udyr vs Garen - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Udyr do against Garen in League of Legends?
Garen wins the Udyr vs Garen matchup with a 51.9% win rate compared to Udyr's 48.1%, a 3.8 percentage point difference. This data is based on 52 recent ranked games in patch 26.7.
How does Udyr do against Garen in the early game?
In the early game, Garen has the advantage against Udyr with a 61.9% win rate versus 38.1%. Garen players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Udyr do against Garen in the late game?
In the late game, Udyr takes over the Udyr vs Garen matchup with a 54.8% win rate compared to 45.2%. Udyr scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Udyr vs Garen matchup?
Garen wins the matchup against Udyr with a 51.9% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.7. The 3.8 percentage point advantage means Garen is moderately favored in this lane matchup based on 52 games analyzed.
What is the best Udyr build against Garen?
The best Udyr build against Garen includes Liandry's Torment, Winter's Approach, Spirit Visage with Plated Steelcaps. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Udyr runes against Garen?
The best Udyr runes against Garen use the Precision primary tree with Sorcery secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Udyr vs Garen matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Udyr counter Garen?
No, Udyr struggles against Garen with only a 48.1% win rate. Garen has the advantage in this matchup. Udyr players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Garen's lead.
How do I play Udyr against Garen?
When playing Udyr against Garen, play cautiously and avoid Garen's power spikes. Focus on safe farming — you outscale Garen in the late game. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.