Draven vs Garen
How to Beat Garen as Draven
based on 4,013 Draven vs Garen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Garen Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Garen as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Garen
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Garen Counter Stats
How to Counter Garen with Draven in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several influential Draven against Garen matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Garen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Garen..
Draven typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Garen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Garen
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Who is Better, Draven or Garen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when facing off against Garen, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes an ok counter to Garen.
While Draven does have a higher win rate compared to Garen, when facing one another, Draven also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Garenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven has a good 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 isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Garen matchups, Draven is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Draven is a decent counter to Garen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Garen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Draven to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Garen. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Draven versus Garen build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Draven bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Garen than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when playing against Garen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Garen as Draven, Draven players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Draven vs Garen fights, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.
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