Garen
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW- Pick
- 3.5%picked in 224 of 6,489 games
- Ban
- 3.3%107 bans over 3,246 games, against 4.1% in soloQ
Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Win rateDraftLength
- How to play itConqueror, then Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, and Mortal Reminder: the most played build in soloQ.



- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 88% of top laners.FrontlineDuelistCCSplit-push
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftTaken at any point of the series.
What changes in tournaments?
4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- Win rateWins less in amateur play
- Amateur
- 37.2%
- SoloQ
- 50.1%
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 1.6%
- SoloQ
- 2.9%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 3.3%
- SoloQ
- 4.1%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 28.9 min
- SoloQ
- 27.9 min
How to play it?
Conqueror, then Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, and Mortal Reminder: the most played build in soloQ.
Stridebreaker
Phantom Dancer
Mortal Reminder
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 88% of top laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop12%33% · top laners: 28%
- Crowd control (CC)top15%1.3 · top laners: 0.8
- Absorbs damagetop19%1,262 · top laners: 970
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
- Frontline
- Duelist
- CC
- Split-push
Like other top laners
- Damage in mid game
- Gold at 15 min
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few teamfights
- Carries its own kills
- No poke
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 9 in lane, 27 in mid game and 21 in late game, out of 100 top laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 80% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 9 of 100 among top laners530 · median 599
- Damage in mid game · rank 27 of 100 among top laners831 · median 868
- Damage in late game · rank 21 of 100 among top laners977 · median 1,079
- Gold at 15 min · rank 68 of 100 among top laners+219 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 80 of 100 among top laners+486 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 81 of 100 among top laners1,262 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 10 of 100 among top laners49% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 88 of 100 among top laners33% · median 28%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 19 of 100 among top lanersrank 19 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 85 of 100 among top laners1.3 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 71 of 100 among top laners23% · median 20%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- K'Sante26 games—SoloQ: 57.4% · 591 g
- Ornn21 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 650 g
- Jax12 games—SoloQ: 54.7% · 927 g
- Olaf12 games—SoloQ: 51.7% · 453 g
- Malphite11 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 511 g
- Gragas10 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 414 g
- Gnar8 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 618 g
- Mordekaiser8 games—SoloQ: 47.3% · 465 g
- Shen8 games—SoloQ: 53.3% · 647 g
- Sion8 games—SoloQ: 54.2% · 332 g
- Camille7 games—SoloQ: 42.7% · 1,186 g
- Gwen7 games—SoloQ: 55.2% · 317 g
- Ambessa6 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 540 g
- Dr. Mundo5 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 276 g
- Wukong25 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 878 g
- Jarvan IV22 games—SoloQ: 47.7% · 809 g
- Xin Zhao16 games—SoloQ: 53.8% · 247 g
- Vi15 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 401 g
- Cho'Gath8 games—SoloQ: 47.2% · 595 g
- Lee Sin8 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 1,130 g
- Amumu7 games—SoloQ: 49.0% · 102 g
- Nocturne7 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 283 g
- Shyvana7 games—SoloQ: 55.4% · 513 g
- Skarner7 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 233 g
- Trundle7 games—SoloQ: 47.8% · 69 g
- Qiyana6 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 1,158 g
- Maokai5 games—SoloQ: 43.0% · 79 g
- Sejuani5 games—SoloQ: 52.1% · 215 g
- Shen5 games—SoloQ: 33.3% · 30 g
- Ahri24 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 1,189 g
- Syndra20 games—SoloQ: 47.7% · 1,074 g
- Viktor20 games—SoloQ: 47.9% · 925 g
- Orianna12 games—SoloQ: 51.0% · 418 g
- Akali8 games—SoloQ: 52.8% · 712 g
- Hwei8 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 455 g
- Aurora7 games—SoloQ: 52.5% · 451 g
- LeBlanc7 games—SoloQ: 48.0% · 565 g
- Ryze7 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 281 g
- Sylas7 games—SoloQ: 51.0% · 727 g
- Lissandra6 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 527 g
- Locke6 games—SoloQ: 49.9% · 1,052 g
- Annie5 games—SoloQ: 46.8% · 186 g
- Cassiopeia5 games—SoloQ: 53.3% · 242 g
- Veigar5 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 315 g
- Yunara24 games—SoloQ: 49.2% · 1,797 g
- Caitlyn22 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 1,292 g
- Kai'Sa16 games—SoloQ: 50.9% · 1,735 g
- Ashe15 games—SoloQ: 47.8% · 565 g
- Jinx14 games—SoloQ: 47.7% · 1,505 g
- Jhin11 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 1,825 g
- Xayah11 games—SoloQ: 45.9% · 639 g
- Lucian10 games—SoloQ: 54.4% · 750 g
- Tristana10 games—SoloQ: 45.2% · 1,393 g
- Kalista9 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 682 g
- Corki8 games—SoloQ: 53.6% · 207 g
- Sivir7 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 521 g
- Smolder6 games—SoloQ: 58.2% · 306 g
- Zeri6 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 769 g
- Ezreal5 games—SoloQ: 53.9% · 1,092 g
- Nautilus23 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 1,242 g
- Lulu19 games—SoloQ: 47.9% · 1,659 g
- Milio18 games—SoloQ: 53.0% · 727 g
- Braum16 games—SoloQ: 47.6% · 821 g
- Thresh16 games—SoloQ: 46.8% · 1,657 g
- Rakan15 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 637 g
- Leona13 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 891 g
- Rell11 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 689 g
- Seraphine11 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 580 g
- Nami8 games—SoloQ: 53.0% · 1,237 g
- Alistar7 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 778 g
- Yuumi7 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 548 g
- Blitzcrank5 games—SoloQ: 48.9% · 750 g
- Lux5 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 342 g
- Senna5 games—SoloQ: 51.1% · 724 g
Ban it or pick it?
Taken at any point of the series.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+2.9%19,732 picks of 672,391ban 4.1% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments1.6%152 picks of 9,366ban 3.3% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.2%5 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20

