Who counters Garen Top?

On patch 26.19 the hardest Top matchups for Garen are Mordekaiser (40.30%), Cho'Gath (42.86%), Yone (47.14%). The percentage is Garen's win rate in that matchup.

Who does Garen Top counter?

On patch 26.19 Garen does best against Fiora (63.41%), Ambessa (63.95%), Nasus (57.43%).

Garen Top build and counters

Garen Top has a 51.97% win rate with 3.88% pick rate in ranked solo and is currently placed in tier S. Based on our analysis of 6 787 matches in patch 26.19, SeeMeta summarizes aggregate stats, role, difficulty, and lane matchup win rates for Garen on Top.

Last Updated September 29, 2026

Games 6 787

Win rate 51.97%

Tier S

Garen

Top · Patch 26.19 · Ranked Solo

Games: 6 787
Wins: 3 527
Win rate: 51.97%
Pick rate: 3.88%
Ban rate: 6.21%
Difficulty: Easy

Garen Top stats

19 033

Physical Damage

70.9

Magic Damage

5 642

True Damage

24 746

Total Damage

36 251

Damage Taken

3 597

Healing

7.2

Kills

6.2

Deaths

4.5

Assists

3.4

Max Kill Spree

13 115

Gold

209

Minions Killed

5.1

Jungle CS

Garen Top Builds

Runes

Precision

Sorcery

Stat Shards

Summoner Spells

Starting Items

Core Items

Item 4

Item 5

Item 6

Item 7

Skill Priority

Popularity1.81%Win rate52.03%

Popularity1.46%Win rate49.49%

Popularity0.97%Win rate59.09%

Popularity0.75%Win rate54.9%

Popularity0.69%Win rate42.55%

Popularity0.66%Win rate48.89%

Popularity0.50%Win rate50%

Popularity0.44%Win rate66.67%

Popularity0.43%Win rate68.97%

Garen Top skill order

On patch 26.19 Garen Top most often maxes E > Q > W, used in 88.39% of games with a 52.48% win rate. At levels 1 to 3 the usual order is E, Q, W.

Skill max order

Which of Q, W and E is maxed first, second and third, from games with at least 11 skill points. R is not included.

Judgment
Decisive Strike
Courage

Win rate: 52.48%
Pick rate: 88.39%
Games: 5 837

Other options

Win rate 50.33%Pick rate 9.06%
Win rate 53.68%Pick rate 1.44%

First three levels

Abilities taken at levels 1, 2 and 3.

Judgment
Decisive Strike
Courage

Win rate: 52.21%
Pick rate: 69.03%
Games: 4 622

Other options

Win rate 52.09%Pick rate 20.39%
Win rate 50.41%Pick rate 3.64%

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Garen Top counters

Garen Top struggles most against Mordekaiser (40.30%), Cho'Gath (42.86%), Yone (47.14%) and has the easiest time against Fiora (63.41%), Ambessa (63.95%), Nasus (57.43%). Percentages are Garen's win rate in each matchup, based on 6 787 ranked solo games of Garen in this role on patch 26.19.

Champions that counter Garen

Lowest Garen win rate in the lane matchup. The number under each champion is Garen's win rate.

Champions Garen counters

Highest Garen win rate in the lane matchup.

All Garen Top matchups

Sorted from the hardest to the easiest matchup. Pairs with fewer than 10 games are left out. Gold diff @15 is Garen's average gold lead over the opponent at 15 minutes. It is shown for pairs with at least 30 games that have this data.

Opponent	Garen win rate	Games	Gold diff @15
Mordekaiser	40.30%	263	−479
Games 263 Gold diff @15 −479
Cho'Gath	42.86%	140	+298
Games 140 Gold diff @15 +298
Kayle	45.93%	135	+216
Games 135 Gold diff @15 +216
Urgot	46.61%	118	−129
Games 118 Gold diff @15 −129
Yone	47.14%	280	+208
Games 280 Gold diff @15 +208
Jayce	47.89%	71	−209
Games 71 Gold diff @15 −209
Sett	48.34%	302	−54
Games 302 Gold diff @15 −54
Darius	48.63%	366	−305
Games 366 Gold diff @15 −305
Yorick	48.78%	123	−213
Games 123 Gold diff @15 −213
Olaf	49.37%	79	−93
Games 79 Gold diff @15 −93
Shen	49.57%	117	+714
Games 117 Gold diff @15 +714
K'Sante	49.59%	123	+125
Games 123 Gold diff @15 +125
Volibear	50.00%	194	−209
Games 194 Gold diff @15 −209
Tryndamere	50.32%	157	−496
Games 157 Gold diff @15 −496
Gnar	51.11%	90	−254
Games 90 Gold diff @15 −254
Trundle	51.69%	89	−338
Games 89 Gold diff @15 −338
Illaoi	52.00%	150	−153
Games 150 Gold diff @15 −153
Renekton	52.23%	157	−83
Games 157 Gold diff @15 −83
Tahm Kench	52.27%	88	+614
Games 88 Gold diff @15 +614
Malphite	52.36%	212	+444
Games 212 Gold diff @15 +444
Jax	52.40%	229	+730
Games 229 Gold diff @15 +730
Sion	52.75%	91	+235
Games 91 Gold diff @15 +235
Camille	52.90%	138	+88
Games 138 Gold diff @15 +88
Teemo	53.36%	253	−412
Games 253 Gold diff @15 −412
Aatrox	53.80%	158	+63
Games 158 Gold diff @15 +63
Gwen	53.93%	89	+377
Games 89 Gold diff @15 +377
Ornn	53.95%	76	+753
Games 76 Gold diff @15 +753
Gangplank	54.05%	111	−396
Games 111 Gold diff @15 −396
Pantheon	54.55%	77	+66
Games 77 Gold diff @15 +66
Dr. Mundo	55.08%	118	+898
Games 118 Gold diff @15 +898
Yasuo	55.10%	98	+88
Games 98 Gold diff @15 +88
Vayne	57.32%	82	+12
Games 82 Gold diff @15 +12
Nasus	57.43%	350	+1 001
Games 350 Gold diff @15 +1 001
Riven	58.23%	79	+810
Games 79 Gold diff @15 +810
Irelia	60.34%	116	+32
Games 116 Gold diff @15 +32
Zaahen	60.42%	96	+1 087
Games 96 Gold diff @15 +1 087
Fiora	63.41%	123	+94
Games 123 Gold diff @15 +94
Ambessa	63.95%	86	+357
Games 86 Gold diff @15 +357

Garen in other roles

Tier, win rate and pick rate of Garen outside the main role, plus builds and matchups where there are enough games. These roles have fewer games, so the numbers move more between patches.

Garen Jungle

Win rate: 40.91%
Pick rate: 0.09%
Games: 154

Skill max order

Win rate 38.46%

Garen Middle

Win rate: 48.73%
Pick rate: 0.29%
Games: 513

Core Items

Runes

Conqueror

Skill max order

Win rate 49.07%

Champions that counter Garen

Yasuo

50.98%

5.5%

Garen Bottom

Win rate: 42.42%
Pick rate: 0.02%
Games: 33

Garen Support

Win rate: 35.29%
Pick rate: 0.02%
Games: 34

Game duration popularity

Game length	Share of games
0–15 min	4.5%
16–20 min	4.7%
21–25 min	14.3%
26–30 min	29.9%
31–35 min	26.4%
36–40 min	13.3%
41+ min	7%

Win rate by game duration

Game length	Win rate
0–15 min	53.3%
16–20 min	57.4%
21–25 min	57.2%
26–30 min	50.4%
31–35 min	51.7%
36–40 min	48.7%
41+ min	50.7%

Win rate by objective secured

First Blood secured58.8%
First Dragon secured62.9%
First Herald secured66.6%
First Tower secured68.3%
First Baron secured79.7%

Frequently asked questions

Who counters Garen Top?: On patch 26.19 the hardest Top matchups for Garen are Mordekaiser (40.30%), Cho'Gath (42.86%), Yone (47.14%). The percentage is Garen's win rate in that matchup.
Who does Garen Top counter?: On patch 26.19 Garen does best against Fiora (63.41%), Ambessa (63.95%), Nasus (57.43%).
What is the best Garen Top skill order?: On patch 26.19 Garen Top most often maxes E > Q > W, used in 88.39% of games with a 52.48% win rate. At levels 1 to 3 the usual order is E, Q, W.

How the Garen Top page is built

Where the data comes from

This Garen Top page is built from real ranked solo queue matches. Players are sampled across regions and ranks, their recent games are read and filtered to the current patch, and every game of Garen in Top is aggregated for the stats and builds shown here.

What this page shows

The summary shows how Garen performs in Top, with its win rate, pick rate, and ban rate. Below it you see the most used build, runes, and summoner spells, plus the matchups that are easiest and hardest for Garen in Top.

This Garen Top data is a snapshot of the current patch and shifts with balance changes. Use the page as a starting point and adapt items and runes to your game.

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