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Garen vs Shyvana

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

based on 1,936 Garen vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Shyvana as Garen came out of an examination of 1936 ranked rounds where both champs fought one another. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Garen encounters Shyvana in only 1.4% of his matches.

Garen vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Garen does a average job of countering Shyvana. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.3% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Garen vs Shyvana rounds, Garen’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Shyvana.

Best Garen vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSundered SkyStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerSterak's GageBlack CleaverDead Man's Plate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
>
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
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 Shyvana as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Shyvana

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 Shyvana

All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.

Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.

A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.

Garen vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Shyvana Image
6
< Kills >
5.6
4.6
< Deaths >
5.8
3.9
< Assists >
6.1
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
174
< Minions Killed >
69
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
1.58
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.49
13,847
< Physical Damage >
4,895
210
< Magic Damage >
13,377
4,662
< True Damage >
1,015
18,719
< Damage Dealt >
19,287
30,616
< Damage Taken >
32,927
11,920
< Gold Earned >
11,967
2.72
< Towers >
1.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.26
3,291
< Total Healing >
11,987
15,114
< Experience >
14,072
16
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
7
138
< Time Dealing CC >
193

How to Counter Shyvana with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Garen against Shyvana matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shyvana..

Garen often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Shyvana. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Shyvana

Who is Better, Garen or Shyvana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when facing off against Shyvana, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Garen makes an ok counter to Shyvana.

While Garen does have a higher win rate than Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Shyvana.

Additionally, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Garen is a decent counter for Shyvana. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Shyvana.

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 Shyvana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Garen, we analyzed 1,936 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 Shyvana 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 Shyvana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often gets more CS relative to Shyvana. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Garen versus Shyvana build include Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Shyvana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Shyvana as Garen, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Garen vs Shyvana battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Shyvana as Garen are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.