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Garen vs Annie

How to Beat Annie as Garen in LoLGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Annie as Garen

based on 2,196 Garen vs Annie matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Annie as Garen resulted from an examination of 2196 ranked matches where both champions faced each other. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Garen fights Annie in only 1.6% of his rounds.

Garen vs Annie Matchup Summary

Garen does a average job of countering Annie. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.8% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Garen vs Annie games, Garen’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Annie.

Best Garen vs Annie Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerDead Man's PlateHullbreakerBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
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Second ability for Garen to level upq
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Annie as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Annie

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

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.

Advice to Win Against Annie

Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.

Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.

Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.

Garen vs Annie Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Annie Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.1
5
< Deaths >
5.8
3.7
< Assists >
7.8
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
175
< Minions Killed >
136
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.45
13,337
< Physical Damage >
930
185
< Magic Damage >
19,652
4,460
< True Damage >
1,250
17,983
< Damage Dealt >
21,833
31,054
< Damage Taken >
17,478
11,971
< Gold Earned >
10,736
2.72
< Towers >
1.8
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,092
< Total Healing >
1,633
15,083
< Experience >
13,491
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
138
< Time Dealing CC >
229

How to Counter Annie with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several vital Garen vs. Annie matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Annie..

Garen often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Annie. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Annie

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Annie
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Annie

Who is Better, Garen or Annie?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when playing against Annie, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Garen makes an ok counter for Annie.

While Garen does have a lower winrate than Annie, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Annie.

Additionally, Garen also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Annie. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Annie.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

LilliaLillia43% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.5% winrateKayleKayle44.1% winrateTrundleTrundle44.7% winrate

Garen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.3% winrateEzrealEzreal53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 52.5% 8964 GamesNilahNilah+ 52.5% 1991 GamesKledKled+ 53.8% 262 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.9% 7886 Games

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Annie Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Annie as Garen, we analyzed 2,196 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 Annie as Garen 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.

Other Useful Resources

Garen Build Annie Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen to counter Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Annie. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Garen versus Annie build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Annie than with many other common item sets. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Annie with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of crushing Annie as Garen, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Garen vs Annie battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Annie as Garen are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.