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How to Win Garen vs Evelynn Counter MatchupGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen vs Evelynn

How to Beat Evelynn as Garen in LoLGaren is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Evelynn as Garen

based on 3,321 Garen vs Evelynn matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. In our database, Garen battled Evelynn 3321 times. With so many games with Garen versus Evelynn provides us confidence in our capacity to produce actionable data and a recommended build to wreck your opponent. This pairing is somewhat rare. Garen has to counter Evelynn in only 2.5% of his games.

Garen vs Evelynn Matchup Summary

Garen has done a ok job of countering Evelynn. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Garen against Evelynn games, Garen’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Evelynn.

Best Garen vs Evelynn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinMortal ReminderHullbreakerPhantom Dancer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
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
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E
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W
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Evelynn as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Evelynn

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 Evelynn

Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.

A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.

If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.

Garen vs Evelynn Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Evelynn Image
6.2
< Kills >
8.5
5.2
< Deaths >
6.1
3.9
< Assists >
6.9
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.91
178
< Minions Killed >
21
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
1.37
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.34
14,371
< Physical Damage >
698
191
< Magic Damage >
20,007
4,752
< True Damage >
618
19,315
< Damage Dealt >
21,324
32,403
< Damage Taken >
31,301
12,287
< Gold Earned >
11,856
2.83
< Towers >
0.88
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
3,272
< Total Healing >
14,970
15,481
< Experience >
13,598
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
7
144
< Time Dealing CC >
198

How to Counter Evelynn with Garen in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several valuable Garen against Evelynn counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Evelynn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Evelynn..

Garen normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Evelynn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Evelynn

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Evelynn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Evelynn

Who is Better, Garen or Evelynn?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Evelynn, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Garen makes an ok counter for Evelynn.

While Garen does have a higher win rate than Evelynn, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Evelynn.

Moreover, Garen has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Evelynn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Evelynn matchups, Garen is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Garen is a decent counter for Evelynn. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Evelynn.

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 Evelynn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Evelynn as Garen, we analyzed 3,321 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 Evelynn 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 in order to counter Evelynn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into 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.

Garen typically picks up much more CS compared to Evelynn. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Garen versus Evelynn build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Evelynn than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Evelynn with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Evelynn as Garen, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Garen vs Evelynn fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.

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