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

Garen vs Volibear

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

based on 3,016 Garen vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Volibear as Garen resulted from an examination of 3016 ranked games where both champs opposed one another. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Garen fights Volibear in only 2.2% of his rounds.

Garen vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Garen has done a average job of countering Volibear. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of games the champions fight one another in. In Garen vs Volibear games, Garen’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Volibear.

Best Garen vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Mortal ReminderPhantom DancerBlack CleaverStridebreaker

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
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
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
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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 Volibear as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Volibear

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.

Garen vs Volibear Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Volibear Image
6.3
< Kills >
5.3
4.9
< Deaths >
6.4
4.2
< Assists >
5.3
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.2
171
< Minions Killed >
138
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.5
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.55
14,137
< Physical Damage >
11,079
221
< Magic Damage >
8,369
4,772
< True Damage >
671
19,131
< Damage Dealt >
20,120
30,913
< Damage Taken >
32,245
11,986
< Gold Earned >
11,638
2.7
< Towers >
2.56
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
3,366
< Total Healing >
7,894
15,083
< Experience >
14,261
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
142
< Time Dealing CC >
546

How to Counter Volibear with Garen in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Garen vs. Volibear matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Volibear..

Garen often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Volibear. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Volibear

Who is Better, Garen or Volibear?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually fairs equally well when taking on Volibear, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Garen makes an ok counter for Volibear.

While Garen does have a higher winrate than Volibear, when they face off with one another, Garen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Volibear.

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

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

Garen is a decent counter to Volibear. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Volibear.

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 Volibear Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Volibear as Garen, we analyzed 3,016 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 Volibear 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 to counter Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Volibear. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Garen versus Volibear build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Volibear than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Volibear with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Volibear as Garen, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Garen vs Volibear fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.

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