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Garen vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Garen in LoLGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Rek'Sai as Garen

based on 635 Garen vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
1.83
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Rek'Sai as Garen came out of an analysis of 635 ranked games where both champs faced off against each other. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Garen encounters Rek'Sai in only 0.5% of his matches.

Garen vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Garen does a good job of countering Rek'Sai. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.0% of games the champs battle each other in. In Garen against Rek'Sai rounds, Garen’s side is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, implying that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Rek'Sai.

Best Garen vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Sundered SkyHullbreakerDead 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
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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Q
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Garen vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Rek'Sai Image
5.9
< Kills >
7.1
5.4
< Deaths >
6.5
4
< Assists >
7.3
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
183
< Minions Killed >
35
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
1.26
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.4
14,203
< Physical Damage >
14,039
191
< Magic Damage >
73
4,743
< True Damage >
3,576
19,137
< Damage Dealt >
17,688
31,874
< Damage Taken >
36,209
12,324
< Gold Earned >
11,834
2.85
< Towers >
1.3
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
3,062
< Total Healing >
17,128
15,458
< Experience >
13,503
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
6
143
< Time Dealing CC >
292

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Garen versus Rek'Sai counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rek'Sai..

Garen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Garen or Rek'Sai?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually wins when trying to fight Rek'Sai, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a good counter to Rek'Sai.

While Garen does have a higher winrate compared to Rek'Sai, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Rek'Sai.

Additionally, Garen also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Rek'Sai matchups, Garen is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Garen is a decent counter to Rek'Sai. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Rek'Sai.

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

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Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Garen, we analyzed 635 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 Rek'Sai 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 to counter Rek'Sai 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often accumulates much more CS as Rek'Sai. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Garen versus Rek'Sai build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Rek'Sai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Rek'Sai as Garen, Garen players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Garen vs Rek'Sai fights, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.

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