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Garen vs Tryndamere

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

based on 3,812 Garen vs Tryndamere matchups
Win Rate
46.6 %
K/D/A
1.83
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Tryndamere as Garen came out of an examination of 3812 ranked games where both champions battled each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Garen fights Tryndamere in only 2.8% of his rounds.

Garen vs Tryndamere Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a terrible job of countering Tryndamere. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.6% of games the champions fight one another in. In Garen versus Tryndamere matches, Garen’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Tryndamere.

Best Garen vs Tryndamere Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Mortal ReminderBlack CleaverRanduin's OmenSundered 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

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
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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 Tryndamere as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Tryndamere

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 Tryndamere

Try harassing Tryndamere early so he can't kill minions and heal with Bloodlust.

Most of Tryndamere's damage is physical. If he's getting too strong, consider buying a Thornmail.

Remember, Tryndamere can only slow you if you are facing away from him.

Garen vs Tryndamere Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
46.6 %
VS
Win Rate
53.4 %
Tryndamere Image
5.6
< Kills >
6.5
5.3
< Deaths >
5.6
4.1
< Assists >
3.9
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
173
< Minions Killed >
181
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.66
14,985
< Physical Damage >
20,840
340
< Magic Damage >
515
4,183
< True Damage >
608
19,509
< Damage Dealt >
21,964
30,799
< Damage Taken >
34,116
11,743
< Gold Earned >
12,969
2.54
< Towers >
3.01
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
3,018
< Total Healing >
14,504
15,021
< Experience >
15,538
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
153
< Time Dealing CC >
103

How to Counter Tryndamere with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show several critical Garen against Tryndamere counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tryndamere’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tryndamere..

Garen often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Tryndamere. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Tryndamere

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Tryndamere
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Tryndamere

Who is Better, Garen or Tryndamere?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when playing against Tryndamere, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a poor counter for Tryndamere.

While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Tryndamere, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Garen into Tryndamere.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Tryndamere matchups, Tryndamere is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Garen is a garbage counter to Tryndamere. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Garen against Tryndamere.

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 Tryndamere Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tryndamere as Garen, we analyzed 3,812 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 Tryndamere 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 Tryndamere Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Tryndamere during both the laning 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 mind the build and tips presented 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 Tryndamere. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Garen versus Tryndamere build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Tryndamere than with most other common item sets. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Tryndamere with this build.

To have the best probability of beating Tryndamere as Garen, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Garen vs Tryndamere counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.6% winrate overall.

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