Darius vs Garen
How to Beat Garen as Darius
based on 5,909 Darius vs Garen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Garen Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Garen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Garen as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Garen
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Garen Counter Stats
How to Counter Garen with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Darius vs. Garen counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Garen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Garen..
Darius normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Garen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Darius or Garen?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually wins when facing off against Garen, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Darius makes a good counter to Garen.
While Darius does have a higher win rate compared to Garen, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Garen.
Furthermore, Darius also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Garen matchups, Darius is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Darius is a decent counter to Garen. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Garen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius to counter Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Garen. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Darius versus Garen build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Darius used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Garen than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 51.7% when countering Garen with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Garen as Darius, Darius players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Darius vs Garen counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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