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Garen vs Lee Sin

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

based on 3,764 Garen vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Lee Sin as Garen came out of an evaluation of 3764 ranked games where both champs engaged each other. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Garen encounters Lee Sin in only 2.8% of his matches.

Garen vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Garen does a good job of beating Lee Sin. On average, he wins a fantastic 52.4% of games the champs fight each other in. In Garen versus Lee Sin matches, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't get first blood against Lee Sin.

Best Garen vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageDeath's DanceMortal ReminderSpear of Shojin

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
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
8
Q
9
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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W
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R

Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Lee Sin

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 Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Garen vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Lee Sin Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.8
4.9
< Deaths >
6
4
< Assists >
7.9
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
180
< Minions Killed >
35
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
1.48
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.4
14,291
< Physical Damage >
13,223
214
< Magic Damage >
2,674
4,677
< True Damage >
996
19,182
< Damage Dealt >
16,893
31,036
< Damage Taken >
35,153
12,158
< Gold Earned >
11,587
2.93
< Towers >
1.31
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
3,084
< Total Healing >
16,527
15,198
< Experience >
13,095
17
< Vision Score >
24
8
< Wards Placed >
11
143
< Time Dealing CC >
427

How to Counter Lee Sin with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several influential Garen vs. Lee Sin counter stats that may help you interpret the differences between these two champions. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lee Sin’s ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lee Sin..

Garen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Lee Sin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Garen or Lee Sin?

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 taking on Lee Sin, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a good counter to Lee Sin.

While Garen does have a higher winrate compared to Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Garen into Lee Sin.

Moreover, Garen has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Lee Sin matchups, Garen is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Garen is a good counter for Lee Sin. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Garen against Lee Sin.

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 Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Garen, we analyzed 3,764 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 Lee Sin 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Garen to counter Lee Sin during both the lane 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually accumulates much more CS compared to Lee Sin. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Garen versus Lee Sin build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Lee Sin than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Lee Sin with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Lee Sin as Garen, Garen players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Garen vs Lee Sin counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.4% win rate overall.

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