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Garen vs Sett

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

based on 4,300 Garen vs Sett matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
1.95
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Sett as Garen came out of an evaluation of 4300 ranked games where both champs battled each other. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Garen has to counter Sett in only 3.2% of his games.

Garen vs Sett Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a below average job of beating Sett. On average, he wins a lowly 47.7% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Garen against Sett games, Garen’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Sett.

Best Garen vs Sett Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverSundered SkyStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerDead Man's PlateSterak's GageMortal Reminder

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
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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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
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 Sett as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Sett

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.

Garen vs Sett Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Sett Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.2
5.5
< Deaths >
6.4
4.5
< Assists >
5.2
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
169
< Minions Killed >
160
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.6
15,718
< Physical Damage >
19,132
264
< Magic Damage >
255
4,696
< True Damage >
5,454
20,679
< Damage Dealt >
24,842
32,477
< Damage Taken >
35,935
12,035
< Gold Earned >
11,948
2.67
< Towers >
2.74
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,429
< Total Healing >
6,481
15,143
< Experience >
14,713
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
148
< Time Dealing CC >
176

How to Counter Sett with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Garen against Sett matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sett’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sett..

Garen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Sett. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Sett

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Sett
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Sett

Who is Better, Garen or Sett?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when facing off against Sett, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a poor counter for Sett.

While Garen does have a lower win rate compared to Sett, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Garen into Sett.

Furthermore, Garen also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sett. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Sett matchups, Sett is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Garen is a trash counter to Sett. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Sett.

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 Sett Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sett as Garen, we analyzed 4,300 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 Sett 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 Sett Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Garen to counter Sett during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Sett. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Garen versus Sett build include Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Sett than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 47.7% when playing against Sett with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Sett as Garen, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Garen vs Sett counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.

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