Dr. Mundo vs Garen
How to Beat Garen as Dr. Mundo
based on 2,734 Dr. Mundo vs Garen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Dr. Mundo vs Garen Matchup Summary
Best Dr. Mundo vs Garen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Garen as Dr. Mundo
Tips for Playing as Dr. Mundo against Garen
Cleavers are a powerful tool for killing neutral monsters. Instead of returning to base, farm neutral monsters until your ultimate can heal you.
A well-timed Sadism can bait enemy champions into attacking you even when they lack the damage to finish you.
Spirit Visage will increase the healing done by your ultimate and lower cooldowns on all of your abilities.
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.
Dr. Mundo vs Garen Counter Stats
How to Counter Garen with Dr. Mundo in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Dr. Mundo vs. Garen counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Dr. Mundo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Dr. Mundo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Garen..
Dr. Mundo often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Garen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Dr. Mundo and Garen
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Who is Better, Dr. Mundo or Garen?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Dr. Mundo usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Garen, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Dr. Mundo makes an ok counter to Garen.
While Dr. Mundo does have a higher win rate compared to Garen, when they face off with one another, Dr. Mundo also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Dr. Mundo into Garen.
Additionally, Dr. Mundo also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Dr. Mundo vs Garen matchups, Dr. Mundo is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Dr. Mundo is a decent counter for Garen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Dr. Mundo against Garen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Dr. Mundo in order 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Dr. Mundo often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Garen. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Dr. Mundo versus Garen build include Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Heartsteel. When Dr. Mundo incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Garen than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Dr. Mundo boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Garen with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Garen as Dr. Mundo, Dr. Mundo players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Dr. Mundo vs Garen matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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