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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Draft
- How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, and Mortal Reminder: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 80% of mid laners.Duelist
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.1%
- SoloQ
- 0.4%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 6.2%
- SoloQ
- 3.9%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
Stormraider's Surge, then Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, and Mortal Reminder: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesStormraider's Surge73% · 1,493
SpellsFlash + Ignite78% · 1,597- 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 80% of mid laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop20%29% · mid laners: 23%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Duelist
Like other mid laners
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Crowd control (CC)
What it is not
- Little map pressure
- Few teamfights
- Little damage
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 58% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 55 of 100 among mid laners+63 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 58 of 100 among mid laners+165 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 4 of 100 among mid laners2.1 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 79 of 100 among mid laners826 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 15 of 100 among mid laners49% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 80 of 100 among mid laners29% · median 23%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 58 of 100 among mid laners0.8 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 12 of 100 among mid laners15% · median 21%
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.
With
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.
No pair measured in amateur play on this side.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.4%1,761 picks of 431,269ban 3.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.1%2 picks of 3,686ban 6.2% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 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 MidNot enough series yet: published from 30.