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Garen vs Briar

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

based on 6,129 Garen vs Briar matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League rounds that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Briar as Garen resulted from an evaluation of 6129 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Garen has to counter Briar in only 4.5% of his games.

Garen vs Briar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a awful job of beating Briar. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.5% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Garen versus Briar games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Briar.

Best Garen vs Briar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Infinity EdgeYoumuu's GhostbladeSterak's GageDead Man's Plate

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
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
8
Q
9
E
10
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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W
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R

Guide to Countering Briar as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Briar

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.

Garen vs Briar Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Briar Image
6.4
< Kills >
9
5.4
< Deaths >
7.9
4.4
< Assists >
6.7
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
2.1
174
< Minions Killed >
40
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.35
14,672
< Physical Damage >
18,660
254
< Magic Damage >
3,258
4,880
< True Damage >
1,005
19,807
< Damage Dealt >
22,923
32,373
< Damage Taken >
36,313
12,232
< Gold Earned >
12,684
2.67
< Towers >
1.08
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
3,335
< Total Healing >
30,485
15,398
< Experience >
14,009
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
6
141
< Time Dealing CC >
258

How to Counter Briar with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some significant Garen versus Briar counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Briar..

Garen typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Briar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Briar

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Briar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Briar

Who is Better, Garen or Briar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when playing against Briar, with a 46.5% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a bad counter to Briar.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Briar, when facing one another, Garen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Garen into Briar.

Additionally, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Garen is a garbage counter for Briar. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Briar.

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 Briar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Briar as Garen, we analyzed 6,129 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 Briar 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

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

Garen typically racks up much more CS relative to Briar. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Garen versus Briar build include Phantom Dancer, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Briar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 46.5% battling Briar with this build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Briar as Garen, Garen players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Garen vs Briar face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.5% win rate overall.

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