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How to Win Aurelion Sol vs Garen Counter MatchupAurelion Sol is in the a tier of champions

Aurelion Sol vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Aurelion Sol in LoLAurelion Sol is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Aurelion Sol

based on 2,265 Aurelion Sol vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
55 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. In our data, Aurelion Sol engaged Garen in 2265 rounds. Having so many games with Aurelion Sol versus Garen provides us faith in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a recommended build to shatter Garen. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Aurelion Sol fights Garen in only 3.7% of his games.

Aurelion Sol vs Garen Matchup Summary

Aurelion Sol has done a great job of beating Garen. Normally, he wins a fantastic 55.0% of games the champions face one another in. In Aurelion Sol versus Garen matches, Aurelion Sol’s side is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood versus Garen.

Best Aurelion Sol vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandTear of the Goddess

Core Aurelion Sol Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRylai's Crystal ScepterMalignance

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameVoid StaffZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aurelion Sol to level upq
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Second ability for Aurelion Sol to level upe
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Last skill for Aurelion Sol to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationMagical FootwearMinion Dematerializer
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Aurelion Sol's passive ability p
Aurelion Sol's q ability q
Aurelion Sol's w ability w
Aurelion Sol's e ability e
Aurelion Sol's ultimate ability r
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R
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Guide to Countering Garen as Aurelion Sol

Tips for Playing as Aurelion Sol against Garen

You can use Comet of Legend's flight to grow Starsurge to massive proportions.

Comet of Legend allows you to move quickly around the map; use it to put pressure on other lanes.

Save Voice of Light to use as a defense against melee opponents if you need to - otherwise, use its slow to start a fight at long range.

Advice to Win Against Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

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.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Aurelion Sol vs Garen Counter Stats

Aurelion Sol Image
Win Rate
55 %
VS
Win Rate
45 %
Garen Image
7
< Kills >
6.1
5.5
< Deaths >
5.3
7.9
< Assists >
3.9
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
188
< Minions Killed >
179
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.61
357
< Physical Damage >
14,023
23,067
< Magic Damage >
200
713
< True Damage >
4,795
24,137
< Damage Dealt >
19,019
20,742
< Damage Taken >
33,331
12,696
< Gold Earned >
12,426
1.72
< Towers >
2.75
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
2,652
< Total Healing >
3,469
15,436
< Experience >
15,721
17
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
8
362
< Time Dealing CC >
145

How to Counter Garen with Aurelion Sol in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several influential Aurelion Sol against Garen counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Aurelion Sol’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aurelion Sol may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Garen. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Aurelion Sol normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Garen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aurelion Sol and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Aurelion Sol
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aurelion Sol
Garen

Who is Better, Aurelion Sol or Garen?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aurelion Sol usually wins when trying to fight Garen, with a 55.0% win rate. Therefore, Aurelion Sol makes a great counter for Garen.

While Aurelion Sol does have a much higher win rate than Garen, when facing one another, Aurelion Sol also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Aurelion Sol into Garenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Aurelion Sol has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aurelion Sol vs Garen matchups, Aurelion Sol is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Aurelion Sol is a great counter for Garen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aurelion Sol against Garen.

Additional Information for Aurelion Sol Players

How We Calculated Our Aurelion Sol vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Aurelion Sol, we analyzed 2,265 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Garen as Aurelion Sol comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aurelion Sol to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aurelion Sol usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Garen. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Aurelion Sol versus Garen build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Malignance. When Aurelion Sol included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Garen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aurelion Sol had an average winrate of 55.0% when countering Garen with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Garen as Aurelion Sol, Aurelion Sol players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Aurelion Sol vs Garen fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.0% winrate overall.

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