Background Image
How to Synergize Garen with Yasuo on the Same TeamGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen with Yasuo

How to Win With Garen and Yasuo Paired TogetherGaren is in the s tier of champions
FighterTank
FighterAssassin

How to Synergize Garen and Yasuo

based on 7,202 Garen with Yasuo pairs
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
5.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Garen has fought alongside Yasuo in 7202 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the developers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can showcase robust, accurate builds to help Garen synergize with Yasuo. It is somewhat uncommon for Garen to play with Yasuo as allies. This has only taken place in approximately 5.3% of rounds with Garen.

Garen Yasuo Synergy Summary

Garen has done a ok job of playing alongside Yasuo. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.6% of rounds the champs play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Garen when playing alongside Yasuo by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Yasuo Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinPhantom DancerSpirit VisageMortal Reminder

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
>
Second ability for Garen to level upq
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
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
11
R
12
Q
13
Q
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Garen and Yasuo

Tips for Playing as Garen with Yasuo

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 Yasuo Will Play

Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.

Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.

At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.

Garen Yasuo Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Yasuo Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.1
5
< Deaths >
5.1
3.8
< Assists >
4
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
170
< Minions Killed >
177
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.62
< Inhibitors >
0.6
13,636
< Physical Damage >
14,138
214
< Magic Damage >
217
4,604
< True Damage >
4,716
18,455
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
31,066
< Damage Taken >
31,656
11,867
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.67
< Towers >
2.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,223
< Total Healing >
3,226
14,992
< Experience >
15,287
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
141
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Yasuo as Garen in LoL

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

When Garen tries to synergize with Yasuo, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Yasuo does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with Yasuo on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Yasuo. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Yasuo.

Additionally, when Garen plays with Yasuo on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Yasuo does a decent job of covering Garen in team fights.

Synergies between Garen and Yasuo

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Yasuo
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Yasuo

Is Garen better when played alongside Yasuo?

There is no top companion for Garen that will always be his best synergy. However, overall, Yasuo is a very typical companion for Garen. By playing on the same side as Garen, he improves their win rate by 0.9% to 49.6%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Garen and Yasuo that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Yasuo has a much greater difficulty compared to Garen. That means you need to be careful when finding Yasuo teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing on the same side, Garen players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by bringing Garen and Yasuo together, you may not be granting your side very much magical damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Yasuo ally's ability, you should 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 Yasuo Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Yasuo, we analyzed 7,202 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 Yasuo 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.

Other Useful Resources

Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen to work well with Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to use in your Garen and Yasuo synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Yasuo than with most other common builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing alongside Yasuo with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Garen and Yasuo pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Yasuo with Garen are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu above.