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

Garen vs Orianna

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

based on 1,776 Garen vs Orianna matchups
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League matches each and every week. In our database, Garen did battle with Orianna in 1776 games. Including so many matchups for Garen vs Orianna gives us confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening stats and a solid build to smash Orianna. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Garen has to counter Orianna in only 1.3% of his matches.

Garen vs Orianna Matchup Summary

Garen does a decent job of countering Orianna. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.2% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Garen vs Orianna matches, Garen’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Orianna.

Best Garen vs Orianna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerSterak's GageSundered SkyTrinity Force

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
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Orianna as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Orianna

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 Orianna

Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.

Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.

Garen vs Orianna Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Orianna Image
5.9
< Kills >
5.4
5
< Deaths >
5.2
3.8
< Assists >
8.8
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.26
180
< Minions Killed >
173
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.62
< Inhibitors >
0.52
13,910
< Physical Damage >
1,036
203
< Magic Damage >
19,618
4,631
< True Damage >
329
18,745
< Damage Dealt >
20,983
32,054
< Damage Taken >
18,609
12,183
< Gold Earned >
11,324
2.82
< Towers >
2.11
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,237
< Total Healing >
1,940
15,414
< Experience >
14,612
17
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
10
144
< Time Dealing CC >
351

How to Counter Orianna with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several critical Garen versus Orianna counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Orianna’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Orianna..

Garen often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Orianna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Orianna

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Orianna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Orianna

Who is Better, Garen or Orianna?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when facing off against Orianna, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a good counter for Orianna.

While Garen does have a higher winrate compared to Orianna, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Orianna.

Furthermore, Garen also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Orianna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Orianna matchups, Garen is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Garen is a decent counter for Orianna. 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 Orianna.

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 Orianna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Orianna as Garen, we analyzed 1,776 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 Orianna 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 learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Orianna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Orianna. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Garen versus Orianna build include Black Cleaver, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Orianna than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 51.2% battling Orianna with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Orianna as Garen, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Garen vs Orianna fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.

If you want to see Garen versus Orianna tips and builds for a a distinct division rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and guides shown are calculated using all matches run with these champs.