Garen The Might of Demacia

A proud and noble warrior, Garen fights as one of the Dauntless Vanguard. He is popular among his fellows, and respected well enough by his enemies—not least as a scion of the prestigious Crownguard family, entrusted with defending Demacia and its ideals. Clad in magic-resistant armor and bearing a mighty broadsword, Garen stands ready to confront mages and sorcerers on the field of battle, in a veritable whirlwind of righteous steel.

Perseverance
If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.
Decisive Strike
Garen gains a burst of Move Speed, breaking free of all slows affecting him. His next attack strikes a vital area of his foe, dealing bonus damage and silencing them.
Cost:
0
Cooldown:
8
Range:
300
Courage
Garen passively increases his armor and magic resist by killing enemies. He may also activate this ability to give him a shield and tenacity for a brief moment followed by a lesser amount of damage reduction for a longer duration.
Cost:
0
Cooldown:
23/
21/
19/
17/
15
Range:
0
Judgment
Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies.
Cost:
0
Cooldown:
9
Range:
325
Demacian Justice
Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion.
Cost:
0
Cooldown:
120/
100/
80
Range:
400

Classes:

Fighter,
Tank

50.21%Win Rate

Champion Base Stats

Ability Power:0
Attack Damage:69(4.5 per level)
Attack Speed:0(3.65 per level)
Crit Chance:0%
Mana:0(0 per level)
Mana Regen:0(0 per level)

Health:690(98 per level)
Health Regen:8(0.5 per level)
Armor:38(4.2 per level)
Magic Resist:32(1.55 per level)
Movement Speed:340
Attack Range:175(175 per level)

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MetaBot Tips

Garen is able to soak a lot of damage, making them much more viable in the frontline taking damage to protect less tanky teammates.
Garen tends to have a lower vision score than other champions. Make sure you are working to place wards and clear enemy wards.
Garen has a much early late game win rate than their late game win rate. Take advantage of this by playing aggressive early on and trying to snowball through kills.
Garen has a low base movespeed compared to many other champions. Play back towards your tower in lane, and consider early game boots when fighting skillshot-based laners.
Garen has more mana regen than most champions, making their playstyle optimal for aggressive trades in lane.

Best Rune Build

Primary Tree

Precision

Press the Attack

Lethal Tempo

Fleet Footwork

Conqueror

Absorb Life

Triumph

Presence of Mind

Legend: Alacrity

Legend: Haste

Legend: Bloodline

Coup de Grace

Cut Down

Last Stand

Secondary Tree

Sorcery

Summon Aery

Arcane Comet

Phase Rush

Axiom Arcanist

Manaflow Band

Nimbus Cloak

Transcendence

Celerity

Absolute Focus

Scorch

Waterwalking

Gathering Storm

Gameplay Tips

Playing Garen

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Playing Against Garen

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.
Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.
Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.