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

Garen vs Tristana

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

based on 4,794 Garen vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Tristana as Garen resulted from an evaluation of 4794 ranked games where both champs clashed against one another. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Garen is forced to battle against Tristana in only 3.5% of his rounds.

Garen vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Garen has done a ok job of countering Tristana. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.2% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Garen vs Tristana rounds, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Tristana.

Best Garen vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Phantom DancerMortal ReminderSpear of ShojinSterak's Gage

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
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
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
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 Tristana as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Tristana

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 Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Garen vs Tristana Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Tristana Image
6
< Kills >
7.3
4.9
< Deaths >
6
4.1
< Assists >
5.5
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
171
< Minions Killed >
166
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.56
13,663
< Physical Damage >
17,427
254
< Magic Damage >
2,240
4,596
< True Damage >
481
18,513
< Damage Dealt >
20,149
30,712
< Damage Taken >
21,386
11,867
< Gold Earned >
12,443
2.71
< Towers >
2.75
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
3,281
< Total Healing >
6,068
15,013
< Experience >
12,865
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
141
< Time Dealing CC >
65

How to Counter Tristana with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several critical Garen vs. Tristana counter statistics that can help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tristana..

Garen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Tristana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Tristana

Who is Better, Garen or Tristana?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when facing off against Tristana, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Garen makes an ok counter to Tristana.

While Garen does have a higher winrate than Tristana, when facing one another, Garen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Tristana.

Additionally, Garen has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Tristana matchups, Garen is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Garen is a decent counter for Tristana. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Tristana.

Other Champion Matchups Against Garen

Garen Loses Against

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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 Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Garen, we analyzed 4,794 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 Tristana 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 Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Tristana. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Garen versus Tristana build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Tristana than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 50.2% when countering Tristana with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Tristana as Garen, Garen players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Garen vs Tristana fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.

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