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

Garen with LeBlanc

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

based on 1,876 Garen with LeBlanc pairs
Win Rate
43.8 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Garen has been on the same team as LeBlanc in 1876 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much great data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high quality, insightful builds to help Garen play with LeBlanc. It is very rare for Garen to play alongside LeBlanc as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 1.4% of rounds with Garen.

Garen LeBlanc Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a terrible job of teaming up with LeBlanc. Normally, he wins a poor 43.8% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Garen when playing alongside LeBlanc by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs LeBlanc Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceStridebreakerJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Phantom DancerSterak's GageDead Man's PlateForce of Nature

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
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
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R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Garen and LeBlanc

Tips for Playing as Garen with LeBlanc

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 LeBlanc Will Play

Using Distortion can help your positioning to land Ethereal Chains.

You can chain Sigil of Malice and Ethereal Chains to prevent characters with blink from escaping for up to 4 seconds.

Distortion allows you to be aggressive with your other spells while being able to return to safety.

Garen LeBlanc Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
43.8 %
VS
Win Rate
56.2 %
LeBlanc Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.1
5.2
< Deaths >
5.1
4
< Assists >
4
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
181
< Minions Killed >
177
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.6
14,585
< Physical Damage >
14,138
214
< Magic Damage >
217
4,820
< True Damage >
4,716
19,620
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
32,348
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,181
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.68
< Towers >
2.76
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,276
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,440
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
145
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with LeBlanc as Garen in LoL

The Garen LeBlanc synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with LeBlanc, 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 LeBlanc. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that LeBlanc helps Garen perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Garen tries to synergize with LeBlanc, he observes a small increase in his total damage dealt. This may signal that LeBlanc helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played alongside LeBlanc on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without LeBlanc. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside LeBlanc.

Additionally, when Garen plays with LeBlanc on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that LeBlanc does a poor job of protecting Garen in team fights.

Synergies between Garen and LeBlanc

Damage Types Compared

Garen
LeBlanc
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
LeBlanc

Is Garen better when played alongside LeBlanc?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Garen that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, overall, LeBlanc is a very bad ally for Garen. By being on the same side as Garen, she decreases their win rate by -4.9% to 43.8%. This signals that there is a very bad bond between Garen and LeBlanc that results in them performing worse together than alone.

LeBlanc has a much greater difficulty compared to Garen. That means you should be careful when arranging LeBlanc comrades to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Working on the same side, Garen players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by aligning Garen and LeBlanc together, you may not be providing your side a great deal of crowd control. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your LeBlanc ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen LeBlanc Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and LeBlanc, we analyzed 1,876 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 LeBlanc 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen to pair well with LeBlanc during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to get in your Garen and LeBlanc synergy build include Trinity Force, Stridebreaker, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Garen used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of LeBlanc than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 43.8% helping carry LeBlanc with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 43.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize LeBlanc with Garen are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.