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

Garen with Xayah

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

based on 2,015 Garen with Xayah pairs
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has gone into battle with Xayah in 2015 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much complete data straight from the makers of LoL, we are sure that we can produce robust, insightful builds to help Garen play with Xayah. It is very rare for Garen to play with Xayah as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.5% of games with Garen.

Garen Xayah Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Garen has done a pathetic job of teaming up with Xayah. Usually, he wins a lowly 46.8% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Garen when fighting on the same team as Xayah by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Phantom DancerDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The ProteanBlack Cleaver

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
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Garen and Xayah

Tips for Playing as Garen with Xayah

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 Xayah Will Play

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

Garen Xayah Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Xayah Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.1
5.2
< Deaths >
5.1
3.8
< Assists >
4
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
175
< Minions Killed >
177
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.6
14,282
< Physical Damage >
14,138
209
< Magic Damage >
217
4,712
< True Damage >
4,716
19,204
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
31,643
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,050
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.64
< Towers >
2.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,268
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,206
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
141
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Xayah as Garen in LoL

The Garen Xayah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xayah, 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 Xayah. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Xayah helps Garen perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Garen is an ally to Xayah, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Xayah provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played alongside Xayah 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 alongside Xayah.

Moreover, when Garen plays with Xayah on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Xayah does a decent job of covering Garen in team fights.

Synergies between Garen and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Xayah

Is Garen better when played alongside Xayah?

There is no ideal synergy for Garen that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Xayah is a not very good teammate for Garen. By being on the same team as Garen, she drops their win rate by -1.9% to 46.8%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Garen and Xayah that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Xayah has a lower difficulty than Garen. That means Garen players don't need to be careful when finding Xayah comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Garen and Xayah together, you may not be granting your other allies much magical damage output. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Xayah teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Xayah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Xayah, we analyzed 2,015 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 Xayah 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 pair well with Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to use in your Garen and Xayah synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Stridebreaker. When Garen bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Xayah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 46.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xayah with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, Garen players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Xayah with Garen are presented for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.