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

Garen with Rengar

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How to Synergize Garen and Rengar

based on 3,804 Garen with Rengar pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
1.83
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has gone into battle with Rengar in 3804 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much relevant data directly from the hosts of LoL, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Garen synergize with Rengar. It is relatively rare for Garen to play alongside Rengar as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 2.8% of games with Garen.

Garen Rengar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a dismal job of teaming up with Rengar. Typically, he wins a poor 47.0% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Garen when fighting on the same team as Rengar by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageDead Man's PlateStridebreaker

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanChempunk ChainswordBlack CleaverPhantom Dancer

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
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
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 Rengar

Tips for Playing as Garen with Rengar

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 Rengar Will Play

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

Garen Rengar Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Rengar Image
5.6
< Kills >
6.1
5.2
< Deaths >
5.1
3.9
< Assists >
4
1.29
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
185
< Minions Killed >
177
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.6
13,740
< Physical Damage >
14,138
203
< Magic Damage >
217
4,640
< True Damage >
4,716
18,584
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
31,508
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,012
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.69
< Towers >
2.76
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,816
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,357
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
140
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Rengar as Garen in LoL

The Garen Rengar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rengar, 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 Rengar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Rengar helps Garen perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Garen is an ally to Rengar, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This change could signal that Rengar doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played together with Rengar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Rengar.

Additionally, when Garen plays with Rengar on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Rengar does a decent job of covering Garen during team fights.

Synergies between Garen and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Rengar

Is Garen better when played alongside Rengar?

There is no ideal synergy for Garen that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Rengar is a below average companion for Garen. By locking into the same side as Garen, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 47.0%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Garen and Rengar that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Rengar has a greater difficulty than Garen. That means you need to be careful when lining up Rengar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

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

In contrast, by grouping Garen and Rengar together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of magic damage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Rengar ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Rengar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Rengar, we analyzed 3,804 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 Rengar 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 truly master Garen in order to work well with Rengar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to have in your Garen and Rengar synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Rengar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 47.0% helping carry Rengar with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Garen and Rengar pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.0% winrate overall.

If you want to see Garen with Rengar cooperations tips and builds for a an individual division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and guides displayed are calculated using every match with data with both champs.