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

Garen vs Ezreal

How to Beat Ezreal as Garen in LoLGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ezreal as Garen

based on 8,257 Garen vs Ezreal matchups
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
6.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Ezreal as Garen resulted from an evaluation of 8257 ranked rounds where both champions clashed against each other. This particular champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Garen is forced to battle against Ezreal in only 6.1% of his games.

Garen vs Ezreal Matchup Summary

Garen does a good job of countering Ezreal. Typically, he wins a fantastic 53.2% of games the champs oppose one another in. In Garen versus Ezreal rounds, Garen’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Ezreal.

Best Garen vs Ezreal Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Youmuu's GhostbladeSpear of ShojinSterak's GageDeath's Dance

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

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
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E
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Q
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Ezreal

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 Ezreal

Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.

Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.

Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.

Garen vs Ezreal Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Ezreal Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.5
4.8
< Deaths >
5.5
3.9
< Assists >
6.8
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
181
< Minions Killed >
171
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.48
14,468
< Physical Damage >
15,697
227
< Magic Damage >
7,160
4,839
< True Damage >
599
19,535
< Damage Dealt >
23,457
31,842
< Damage Taken >
20,134
12,304
< Gold Earned >
11,780
2.9
< Towers >
2.2
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
3,327
< Total Healing >
5,437
15,486
< Experience >
12,693
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
142
< Time Dealing CC >
92

How to Counter Ezreal with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Garen versus Ezreal counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ezreal’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ezreal..

Garen typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Ezreal. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Ezreal

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Ezreal
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Ezreal

Who is Better, Garen or Ezreal?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when playing against Ezreal, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a great counter to Ezreal.

While Garen does have a higher winrate than Ezreal, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Garen into Ezreal.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Ezreal matchups, Garen is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Garen is a great counter to Ezreal. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Ezreal.

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 Ezreal Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ezreal as Garen, we analyzed 8,257 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 Ezreal 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

To truly master Garen in order to counter Ezreal during both the laning 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 tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Ezreal. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Garen versus Ezreal build include Phantom Dancer, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Ezreal than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 53.2% battling Ezreal with this counter build.

To have the best chance of crushing Ezreal as Garen, Garen players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Garen vs Ezreal counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.2% winrate overall.

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