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

Garen with Hwei

How to Win With Garen and Hwei Paired TogetherGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Garen and Hwei

based on 6,252 Garen with Hwei pairs
Win Rate
44.6 %
K/D/A
1.89
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has gone into battle with Hwei in 6252 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much great data straight from the publishers of League, we are totally sure that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Garen synergize with Hwei. It is somewhat uncommon for Garen to play alongside Hwei on the same side. This has only occurred in about 4.6% of games with Garen.

Garen Hwei Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a pathetic job of teaming up with Hwei. Usually, he wins a lowly 44.6% of games the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Garen when playing with Hwei by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Hwei Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

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

Optional Items

Death's DanceInfinity EdgePhantom DancerSpear of Shojin

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
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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
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Q
2
E
3
W
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E
5
E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Garen and Hwei

Tips for Playing as Garen with Hwei

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 Hwei Will Play

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

Garen Hwei Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
44.6 %
VS
Win Rate
55.4 %
Hwei Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.1
5.3
< Deaths >
5.1
3.9
< Assists >
4
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
179
< Minions Killed >
177
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.6
14,391
< Physical Damage >
14,138
194
< Magic Damage >
217
4,814
< True Damage >
4,716
19,400
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
32,449
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,309
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.72
< Towers >
2.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,307
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,452
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
144
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Hwei as Garen in LoL

The Garen Hwei synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hwei, 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 Hwei. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Hwei helps Garen perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Garen is an ally to Hwei, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Hwei helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with Hwei on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Hwei.

Moreover, when Garen plays with Hwei on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Hwei does a poor job of covering Garen during team fights.

Synergies between Garen and Hwei

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Hwei
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Hwei

Is Garen better when played alongside Hwei?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Garen that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Hwei is a terrible companion for Garen. By locking into the same team as Garen, they drops their win rate by -4.1% to 44.6%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Garen and Hwei that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Hwei has a much greater difficulty compared to Garen. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Hwei allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing on the same side, Garen players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by grouping Garen and Hwei together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Hwei teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Hwei Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Hwei, we analyzed 6,252 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 Hwei 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 to pair well with Hwei during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to use in your Garen and Hwei synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Hwei than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 44.6% when playing alongside Hwei with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 44.6% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Garen and Hwei cooperations tips and builds for a a particular player tier, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and guides shown are computed using every game run with both champions.