Lane edge
-0.37 pp
#34 hardest of 110
Win rate vs Viktor
Lane opponent
How to play
Rank
All ranks
Patch 16.16.20–16.21
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How to play Garen
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Garen top is mostly about making every walk-up feel worse than the last one: take short trades that let passive turn back on, keep Q for the slow-break or silence that actually changes the exchange, and use W on the burst or CC that would make the damage stick
One of the most Garen-specific hand fixes is to stop treating E like a full commitment—cancel the spin early when auto, item slow, or R already kills, and against point-blank or incoming CC, E-Q is often cleaner than Q-E because the spin keeps dealing damage while you are controlled
On Garen, the kill is often just permission to vandalize the lane; recent data showed his 2+ solo-kill games were dramatically better when they also came with turret damage, so after forcing top out you usually want the crash, plates, proxy, or jungle tax before anything fancier
Group when side lane has already done its job or is about to stop paying. If you can still force a weak answer, threaten tower damage, or draw two people, stay side a little longer. Move earlier when an objective is spawning, your flash gives you real access, or the enemy comp can ignore your split and start a clean front-to-back before you matter. The common mistake is hovering mid with a side-lane lead and becoming a mediocre frontliner. If you are behind, group sooner, but as cleanup and execute threat rather than as the first body walking into their formation.
If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.
Garen gains a burst of Move Speed, breaking free of all slows affecting him. His next attack strikes a vital area of his foe, dealing bonus damage and silencing them.
Garen passively increases his Armor and Magic Resist by killing enemies. He may also activate this ability to give him a shield and tenacity for a brief moment followed by a lesser amount of damage reduction for a longer duration.
Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies.
Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion.
