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

Garen vs Twitch

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

based on 5,068 Garen vs Twitch matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Twitch as Garen came out of an evaluation of 5068 ranked rounds where both champions fought each other. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Garen fights Twitch in only 3.7% of his rounds.

Garen vs Twitch Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a below average job of countering Twitch. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.8% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Garen vs Twitch matches, Garen’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Twitch.

Best Garen vs Twitch Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverStridebreakerJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernSterak's GageMortal ReminderDead Man's Plate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic 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
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 Twitch as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Twitch

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 Twitch

Spell Shields won't block the damage from Deadly Venom, but they will block the effects Twitch can trigger with it.

If you suspect Twitch has left the lane, let your teammates know that Twitch is ''MIA.''

Twitch is fragile. Work with teammates to focus on him when you're able to catch him out of Camouflage.

Garen vs Twitch Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Twitch Image
6.2
< Kills >
8.3
5.1
< Deaths >
6.5
4
< Assists >
7
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.91
178
< Minions Killed >
143
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.62
< Inhibitors >
0.46
14,260
< Physical Damage >
16,161
223
< Magic Damage >
3,191
4,744
< True Damage >
4,295
19,228
< Damage Dealt >
23,649
31,746
< Damage Taken >
21,451
12,199
< Gold Earned >
12,109
2.79
< Towers >
2.03
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
3,268
< Total Healing >
4,976
15,350
< Experience >
12,708
17
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
9
141
< Time Dealing CC >
306

How to Counter Twitch with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several valuable Garen vs. Twitch matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Twitch’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Twitch..

Garen normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Twitch. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Twitch

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Twitch
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Twitch

Who is Better, Garen or Twitch?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when trying to fight Twitch, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a poor counter for Twitch.

While Garen does have a lower winrate than Twitch, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Garen into Twitch.

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

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

Garen is a terribly counter for Twitch. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Garen against Twitch.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Twitch Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Twitch as Garen, we analyzed 5,068 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 Twitch 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Twitch during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Twitch. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Garen versus Twitch build consist of Black Cleaver, Stridebreaker, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Garen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Twitch than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 47.8% battling Twitch with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Twitch 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 runes that we analyzed for Garen vs Twitch LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.

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