Garen
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 5.2%picked in 138 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 6.6%129 bans over 1,958 games, against 3.9% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
- 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?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 2.2%
- SoloQ
- 2.9%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 6.2%
- SoloQ
- 3.9%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 30.1 min
- SoloQ
- 28.3 min
How to play it?
Conqueror, then Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, and Mortal Reminder: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesConqueror60% · 8,895
SpellsFlash + Ignite89% · 13,220
SkillsEnot collected 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'Sante21 games—SoloQ: 54.0% · 311 g
- Gwen10 games—SoloQ: 52.0% · 269 g
- Camille9 games—SoloQ: 44.5% · 710 g
- Ornn8 games—SoloQ: 52.6% · 382 g
- Nasus7 games—SoloQ: 53.1% · 484 g
- Olaf6 games—SoloQ: 46.5% · 226 g
- Renekton6 games—SoloQ: 53.1% · 418 g
- Zaahen6 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 302 g
- Shen5 games—SoloQ: 49.0% · 394 g
- Sion5 games—SoloQ: 50.5% · 206 g
- Syndra19 games—SoloQ: 47.3% · 566 g
- Ahri12 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 669 g
- Aurora9 games—SoloQ: 45.3% · 236 g
- Orianna8 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 247 g
- LeBlanc6 games—SoloQ: 44.4% · 358 g
- Viktor6 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 694 g
- Akali5 games—SoloQ: 54.4% · 421 g
- Locke5 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 574 g
- Xerath5 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 271 g
- Yunara21 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 1,110 g
- Jinx10 games—SoloQ: 45.9% · 1,240 g
- Caitlyn8 games—SoloQ: 48.2% · 812 g
- Ezreal8 games—SoloQ: 57.4% · 728 g
- Sivir8 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 331 g
- Tristana7 games—SoloQ: 45.0% · 822 g
- Aphelios5 games—SoloQ: 50.9% · 446 g
- Ashe5 games—SoloQ: 45.4% · 463 g
- Jhin5 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 1,294 g
- Varus5 games—SoloQ: 51.1% · 180 g
- Lulu19 games—SoloQ: 47.0% · 794 g
- Nautilus16 games—SoloQ: 46.6% · 713 g
- Braum12 games—SoloQ: 48.0% · 410 g
- Leona7 games—SoloQ: 45.7% · 606 g
- Milio7 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 408 g
- Thresh6 games—SoloQ: 46.9% · 997 g
- Alistar5 games—SoloQ: 45.4% · 487 g
- Rakan5 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 304 g
- Rell5 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 333 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%12,435 picks of 431,266ban 3.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments2.2%82 picks of 3,686ban 6.2% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.2%5 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
4.6% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Top- 3.8%G128 games of 733
- 5.9%G243 games of 733
- 3.5%G3+11 games of 316
Not enough series yet: published from 30.