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How to Synergize Garen with Galio on the Same TeamGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen with Galio

How to Win With Garen and Galio Paired TogetherGaren is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Garen and Galio

based on 3,123 Garen with Galio pairs
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has gone into battle with Galio in 3123 recently played, competitive matches. By amassing so much accurate data directly from the makers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can give you high-quality, usable builds to help Garen play with Galio. It is relatively rare for Garen to play with Galio on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 2.3% of games with Garen.

Garen Galio Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a below average job of teaming up with Galio. Normally, he wins a dismal 47.9% of the time the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Garen when playing with Galio by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Galio Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Titanic HydraForce of NatureJak'Sho, The ProteanHullbreaker

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
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Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
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
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E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Garen and Galio

Tips for Playing as Garen with Galio

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 Understand How Galio Will Play

You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.

You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.

You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.

Garen Galio Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Galio Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.1
4.9
< Deaths >
5.1
4.1
< Assists >
4
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
178
< Minions Killed >
177
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.6
14,435
< Physical Damage >
14,138
229
< Magic Damage >
217
4,790
< True Damage >
4,716
19,455
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
31,712
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,274
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.9
< Towers >
2.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,353
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,374
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
144
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Galio as Garen in LoL

The Garen Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Garen sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Galio helps Garen perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Garen is paired with Galio, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This may signal that Galio helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Galio.

Moreover, when Garen plays with Galio on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Galio does a poor job of covering Garen in teamfights.

Synergies between Garen and Galio

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Galio
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Galio

Is Garen better when played alongside Galio?

There is no ideal ally for Garen that will always be his best synergy. Yet, Galio is a very typical ally for Garen. By playing on the same team as Garen, he lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 47.9%. This proves that there is not really a strong synergy between Garen and Galio that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Galio has a lower difficulty than Garen. That means Garen players don't need to be careful when enlisting Galio allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Combined, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

Although, by grouping Garen and Galio together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of magic damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Galio ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Galio Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Galio, we analyzed 3,123 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Garen with Galio comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to pair well with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to focus on in your Garen and Galio synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Galio than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Galio with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Garen players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% winrate overall.

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