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

Garen vs Trundle

How to Beat Trundle as Garen in LoLGaren is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Trundle as Garen

based on 9,965 Garen vs Trundle matchups
Win Rate
44.7 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
7.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our dataset, Garen faced Trundle 9965 times. Having so many matchups for Garen vs Trundle gives us confidence in our capacity to produce actionable data and a supported build to suppress your foe. This counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Garen encounters Trundle in only 7.4% of his rounds.

Garen vs Trundle Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a awful job of beating Trundle. On average, he wins a lowly 44.7% of games the champs battle one another in. In Garen against Trundle rounds, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Trundle.

Best Garen vs Trundle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTrinity Force

Optional Items

StormrazorInfinity EdgeMortal ReminderSpear of Shojin

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
ResolveDemolishOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceTenacity and Slow Resist
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
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E
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Trundle as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Trundle

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 Trundle

Trundle is very powerful at location-based combat. Try to draw him off of his Frozen Domain.

Make sure to get out of his Pillar of Ice as quickly as possible, as it significantly slows you down.

Garen vs Trundle Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
44.7 %
VS
Win Rate
55.3 %
Trundle Image
5.9
< Kills >
5.3
4.9
< Deaths >
6.1
4
< Assists >
5.3
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
175
< Minions Killed >
150
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.49
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.86
13,852
< Physical Damage >
16,697
259
< Magic Damage >
2,199
4,550
< True Damage >
559
18,662
< Damage Dealt >
19,455
29,781
< Damage Taken >
35,205
11,831
< Gold Earned >
12,444
2.52
< Towers >
3.49
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
3,014
< Total Healing >
16,241
15,043
< Experience >
14,677
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
142
< Time Dealing CC >
339

How to Counter Trundle with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Garen versus Trundle counter statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Trundle’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Trundle..

Garen often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Trundle. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Garen and Trundle

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Trundle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Trundle

Who is Better, Garen or Trundle?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when playing against Trundle, with a 44.7% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a poor counter to Trundle.

While Garen does have a much lower winrate than Trundle, when facing one another, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Garen into Trundle.

Furthermore, Garen also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Trundle. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Trundle matchups, Trundle is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Garen is a terribly counter for Trundle. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Garen against Trundle.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Trundle Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Trundle as Garen, we analyzed 9,965 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 Trundle 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Trundle during both the lane 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 presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Trundle. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Garen versus Trundle build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Garen included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Trundle than with many other common builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 44.7% when countering Trundle with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of defeating Trundle as Garen, Garen players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Overgrowth, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Garen vs Trundle fights, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.7% winrate overall.

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