Garen with Jarvan IV
How to Synergize Garen and Jarvan IV
based on 1,625 Garen with Jarvan IV pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Garen Jarvan IV Synergy Summary
Best Garen vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Garen and Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Garen with Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV Will Play
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Garen Jarvan IV Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jarvan IV as Garen in LoL
The Garen Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Jarvan IV. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Jarvan IV helps Garen perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Garen plays on the same team as Jarvan IV, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Jarvan IV does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with Jarvan IV 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 Jarvan IV.
Moreover, when Garen plays with Jarvan IV on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Jarvan IV does a decent job of protecting Garen during teamfights.
Synergies between Garen and Jarvan IV
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Is Garen better when played alongside Jarvan IV?
There is no ideal ally for Garen that will always be his top ally. Yet, Jarvan IV is a relatively poor teammate for Garen. By being on the same side as Garen, he lowers their win rate by -2.2% to 46.5%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Garen and Jarvan IV that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Jarvan IV has a lower difficulty than Garen. That means Garen players don't need to be careful when lining up Jarvan IV comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Garen players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by aligning Garen and Jarvan IV together, you probably will not be granting your team a lot of magical damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Jarvan IV ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Garen in order to synergize with Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Garen and Jarvan IV synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Jarvan IV than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 46.5% helping carry Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use 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 and Jarvan IV pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.5% win rate overall.
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