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Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
the Might of Demacia
Official role
FIGHTER, TANK
Lane
Baron / Top
Difficulty
Low
Source tier
A

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE Perseverance

If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.

1 Decisive Strike

Garen gains a burst of movement speed, breaking free of all slows affecting him. His next attack strikes a vital area of his foe, dealing bonus damage and silencing them.

2 Courage

Garen reduces damage taken for a short time, and gains bonus resistance to crowd control.

3 Judgment

Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies. Enemies hit by the bladestorm's edge are critically struck.

ULTIMATE Demacian Justice

Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion, dealing damage in an area around his target.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Black Cleaver
  2. Dead Man's Plate
  3. Spear of Shojin
  4. Plated Steelcaps

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 5reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.