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How to Win Mordekaiser vs Garen Counter MatchupMordekaiser is in the s tier of champions

Mordekaiser vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Mordekaiser in LoLMordekaiser is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Mordekaiser

based on 10,421 Mordekaiser vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
56.5 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Garen as Mordekaiser resulted from an analysis of 10421 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against each other. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Mordekaiser is forced to battle against Garen in only 3.9% of his games.

Mordekaiser vs Garen Matchup Summary

Mordekaiser does a great job of beating Garen. Typically, he wins a whopping 56.5% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Mordekaiser vs Garen matches, Mordekaiser’s side is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Garen.

Best Mordekaiser vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltBlasting Wand

Core Mordekaiser Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterLiandry's TormentJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Nashor's ToothSpirit VisageRiftmakerDead Man's Plate

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Mordekaiser to level upq
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Second ability for Mordekaiser to level upe
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Last skill for Mordekaiser to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Mordekaiser's passive ability p
Mordekaiser's q ability q
Mordekaiser's w ability w
Mordekaiser's e ability e
Mordekaiser's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Garen as Mordekaiser

Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Garen

Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.

Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.

Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

Advice to Win Against Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Mordekaiser vs Garen Counter Stats

Mordekaiser Image
Win Rate
56.5 %
VS
Win Rate
43.5 %
Garen Image
7.3
< Kills >
5.6
5.6
< Deaths >
5.6
4.7
< Assists >
4
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.27
162
< Minions Killed >
169
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.52
2,979
< Physical Damage >
13,624
21,535
< Magic Damage >
182
635
< True Damage >
4,496
25,149
< Damage Dealt >
18,302
31,382
< Damage Taken >
31,533
12,125
< Gold Earned >
11,726
2.19
< Towers >
2.48
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,355
< Total Healing >
3,150
15,527
< Experience >
14,990
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
265
< Time Dealing CC >
135

How to Counter Garen with Mordekaiser in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight several important Mordekaiser versus Garen matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Garen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Garen..

Mordekaiser usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Garen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Mordekaiser and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Mordekaiser
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Mordekaiser
Garen

Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Garen?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Mordekaiser usually wins when playing against Garen, with a 56.5% win rate. As a result, Mordekaiser makes a fantastic counter for Garen.

While Mordekaiser does have a much higher winrate compared to Garen, when on opposite teams, Mordekaiser also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Mordekaiser into Garen.

Furthermore, Mordekaiser has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Garen matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Mordekaiser is a great counter to Garen. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Mordekaiser against Garen.

Additional Information for Mordekaiser Players

How We Calculated Our Mordekaiser vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Mordekaiser, we analyzed 10,421 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 Garen as Mordekaiser 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 truly master Mordekaiser to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Mordekaiser typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Garen. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Mordekaiser versus Garen build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Mordekaiser combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Garen than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Mordekaiser had an average winrate of 56.5% when countering Garen with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Garen as Mordekaiser, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Mordekaiser vs Garen clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 56.5% win rate overall.

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