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

Garen vs Ryze

How to Beat Ryze as Garen in LoLGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Ryze as Garen

based on 1,165 Garen vs Ryze matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends games every week. In our database, Garen battled Ryze in 1165 games. With so many matchups for Garen versus Ryze provides us confidence in our capacity to produce useful data and a recommended build to obliterate your enemy. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Garen fights Ryze in only 0.9% of his rounds.

Garen vs Ryze Matchup Summary

Garen does a good job of beating Ryze. Normally, he wins a terrific 52.6% of games the champions face each other in. In Garen vs Ryze rounds, Garen’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Ryze.

Best Garen vs Ryze Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Force of NatureBlack CleaverHullbreakerSundered Sky

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
8
Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Ryze as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Ryze

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 Ryze

Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.

Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.

Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.

Garen vs Ryze Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Ryze Image
6
< Kills >
5.4
4.8
< Deaths >
5.5
4.2
< Assists >
6.3
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.26
180
< Minions Killed >
194
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.67
< Inhibitors >
0.45
13,938
< Physical Damage >
1,133
191
< Magic Damage >
22,107
4,685
< True Damage >
289
18,815
< Damage Dealt >
23,530
31,909
< Damage Taken >
26,133
12,228
< Gold Earned >
12,008
2.84
< Towers >
2.13
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
3,378
< Total Healing >
4,378
15,503
< Experience >
16,113
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
148
< Time Dealing CC >
97

How to Counter Ryze with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several vital Garen versus Ryze matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ryze..

Garen typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Ryze. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Ryze

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Ryze
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Ryze

Who is Better, Garen or Ryze?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually wins when taking on Ryze, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a good counter to Ryze.

While Garen does have a higher winrate compared to Ryze, when facing one another, Garen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Garen into Ryze.

Moreover, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ryze. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Garen vs Ryze 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 allied champions during teamfights.

Garen is a good counter for Ryze. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Ryze.

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 Ryze Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ryze as Garen, we analyzed 1,165 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 Ryze 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

Garen Build Ryze Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Ryze during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Ryze. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Garen versus Ryze build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Ryze than with many other typical builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 52.6% battling Ryze with this counter build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Ryze as Garen, Garen players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Garen vs Ryze counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ryze as Garen are presented for every ranked division. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.