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

Garen with Twitch

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

based on 5,267 Garen with Twitch pairs
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the results of from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has gone into battle with Twitch in 5267 recently played, ranked games. By pooling so much great data from the publishers of League, we are totally sure that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Garen synergize with Twitch. It is relatively rare for Garen to play alongside Twitch on the same team. This has only occurred in approximately 3.9% of games with Garen.

Garen Twitch Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a dismal job of fighting on the same side as Twitch. Normally, he wins an acceptable 48.6% of matches the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Garen when fighting on the same team as Twitch by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Twitch Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinDeath's DanceSterak's GageChempunk Chainsword

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
ResolveDemolishSecond Wind
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
6
R
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Garen and Twitch

Tips for Playing as Garen with Twitch

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 Twitch Will Play

Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.

You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.

Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.

Garen Twitch Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Twitch Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.1
5.2
< Deaths >
5.1
4
< Assists >
4
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
180
< Minions Killed >
177
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.6
14,200
< Physical Damage >
14,138
237
< Magic Damage >
217
4,794
< True Damage >
4,716
19,231
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
32,134
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,295
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.79
< Towers >
2.76
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,261
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,467
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
144
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Twitch as Garen in LoL

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

When Garen is paired with Twitch, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Twitch provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played together with Twitch on the same side, 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 Twitch.

Additionally, when Garen plays with Twitch on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Twitch does a poor job of covering Garen during teamfights.

Synergies between Garen and Twitch

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Twitch
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Twitch

Is Garen better when played alongside Twitch?

There is no top companion for Garen that will always be his top ally. However, Twitch is a very typical companion for Garen. By playing on the same side as Garen, he decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 48.6%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Garen and Twitch that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Twitch has a greater difficulty than Garen. That means Garen players must be cautious when finding Twitch teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Playing alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by grouping Garen and Twitch together, you will not be providing your other allies much magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Twitch teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 Twitch Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Twitch, we analyzed 5,267 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 Twitch 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 truly master Garen in order to synergize with Twitch during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to include in your Garen and Twitch synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Twitch than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Twitch with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Demolish, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.

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