Champion sheet · Top

Garen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions
Tournament presence · pick + ban
6.5%#107 of 173 champions
Pick
3.3%picked in 910 of 27,820 games
Ban
3.2%719 bans over 22,616 games, against 2.9% in soloQ
Win rate as Top47.3% between 44.5% and 50.1% over 869 gamesSoloQ 50.0%: no clear gap
Median length29.5 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.
01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

  • DraftPicked less often in amateur play
    Amateur
    1.5%
    SoloQ
    2.3%
    1.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.3% in soloQ.
  • DraftBanned more often in amateur play
    Amateur
    3.2%
    SoloQ
    2.9%
    3.2% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 2.9% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
  • LengthLonger games in amateur play
    Amateur
    29.5 min
    SoloQ
    27.7 min
    Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.
02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, and Mortal Reminder: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block
RunesConqueror65% · 30,524
Same in amateur play
SpellsFlash + Ignite92% · 43,090
Same in amateur play
SkillsEnot collected in soloQ
Amateur: 99% · 105 games
Core (3 legendaries)20% · 4,693
20%of soloQ games
  1. Stridebreaker
  2. Phantom Dancer
  3. Mortal Reminder
Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 88% of top laners.

  1. Takes its kills in duelstop12%33% · top laners: 28%
  2. Crowd control (CC)top15%1.3 · top laners: 0.8
  3. 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.

530-70 vs 599
831-37 vs 868
977-102 vs 1,079
Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30
Garentop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 80% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

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%
04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +15.0 pts over 61 games, range above zero.

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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

Topgap to expected
K'Sante56.5% · expected 49.4% · 115 g+7.1 ptSoloQ +2.2
Sion60.0% · expected 47.8% · 30 g+12.2 ptSoloQ +2.2
Jax50.0% · expected 46.7% · 52 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +4.5
Nasus47.6% · expected 46.5% · 63 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +3.3
Shen50.0% · expected 49.8% · 30 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +3.0
Junglegap to expected
Sylas61.5% · expected 46.3% · 39 g+15.3 ptSoloQ +0.5
Jarvan IV56.4% · expected 48.8% · 78 g+7.6 ptSoloQ -1.5
Lee Sin50.0% · expected 47.6% · 74 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -0.3
Midgap to expected
Orianna56.5% · expected 49.5% · 46 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -0.7
Ahri49.3% · expected 45.2% · 67 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +0.2
LeBlanc53.3% · expected 46.9% · 30 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -1.3
ADCgap to expected
Ezreal65.6% · expected 50.5% · 61 g+15.0 ptSoloQ +1.7
Jhin55.8% · expected 49.7% · 52 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +0.5
Lucian50.0% · expected 48.1% · 54 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +1.0
Tristana50.0% · expected 47.3% · 32 g+2.7 ptSoloQ -2.0
Supportgap to expected
Rell50.0% · expected 43.7% · 34 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +2.1
Seraphine51.3% · expected 46.2% · 39 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -1.9
Leona49.1% · expected 48.4% · 55 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +0.9
Blitzcrank50.0% · expected 45.6% · 30 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +0.9

With

Junglegap to expected
Sylas55.6% · expected 48.3% · 54 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -0.8
Xin Zhao53.8% · expected 47.2% · 52 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +0.8
Jarvan IV48.2% · expected 45.8% · 56 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -0.3
Nocturne47.4% · expected 45.0% · 38 g+2.3 ptSoloQ +2.1
Midgap to expected
Orianna53.1% · expected 45.1% · 49 g+7.9 ptSoloQ +1.8
Sylas50.0% · expected 47.1% · 40 g+2.9 ptSoloQ -0.1
Galio50.0% · expected 46.4% · 30 g+3.6 ptSoloQ -1.1
ADCgap to expected
Yunara59.5% · expected 49.4% · 84 g+10.1 ptSoloQ +0.5
Tristana59.0% · expected 47.3% · 39 g+11.7 ptSoloQ -1.1
Jhin52.0% · expected 44.9% · 50 g+7.1 ptSoloQ +0.4
Ezreal45.9% · expected 44.1% · 61 g+1.8 ptSoloQ +0.3
Jinx50.0% · expected 49.1% · 50 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -0.5
Supportgap to expected
Seraphine60.4% · expected 48.4% · 48 g+12.1 ptSoloQ +1.4
Lulu50.0% · expected 44.8% · 76 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -0.2
Braum54.9% · expected 49.2% · 51 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -1.1
Milio50.0% · expected 45.4% · 50 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +0.4
Leona46.3% · expected 46.2% · 67 g+0.1 ptSoloQ +0.6

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.

Sort by
Top21 champions
  • K'Sante115 games
    56.5%gap +7.1 ptsSoloQ: 54.2% · 1,636 g
  • Nasus63 games
    47.6%gap +1.1 ptsSoloQ: 53.4% · 1,250 g
  • Ornn56 games
    42.9%gap -4.0 ptsSoloQ: 51.3% · 1,094 g
  • Jax52 games
    50.0%gap +3.3 ptsSoloQ: 54.4% · 2,478 g
  • Olaf39 games
    41.0%gap -3.2 ptsSoloQ: 50.9% · 884 g
Jungle20 champions
  • Jarvan IV78 games
    56.4%gap +7.6 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 1,606 g
  • Lee Sin74 games
    50.0%gap +2.4 ptsSoloQ: 50.0% · 2,879 g
  • Wukong71 games
    40.8%gap -4.1 ptsSoloQ: 47.9% · 1,658 g
  • Vi54 games
    37.0%gap -10.0 ptsSoloQ: 51.7% · 915 g
  • Xin Zhao44 games
    27.3%gap -20.1 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 615 g
Mid20 champions
  • Syndra69 games
    46.4%gap -0.2 ptsSoloQ: 49.0% · 2,077 g
  • Ahri67 games
    49.3%gap +4.0 ptsSoloQ: 49.2% · 2,155 g
  • Viktor47 games
    38.3%gap -8.5 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 2,050 g
  • Orianna46 games
    56.5%gap +7.1 ptsSoloQ: 51.0% · 880 g
  • Sylas31 games
    35.5%gap -12.0 ptsSoloQ: 50.8% · 1,622 g
ADC18 champions
  • Yunara80 games
    43.8%gap -1.4 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 3,593 g
  • Caitlyn71 games
    43.7%gap -1.7 ptsSoloQ: 50.6% · 2,526 g
  • Jinx62 games
    43.5%gap -2.0 ptsSoloQ: 47.3% · 3,182 g
  • Ezreal61 games
    65.6%gap +15.0 ptsSoloQ: 55.6% · 2,417 g
  • Kai'Sa55 games
    43.6%gap -4.1 ptsSoloQ: 50.9% · 3,842 g
Support19 champions
  • Nautilus89 games
    43.8%gap -3.3 ptsSoloQ: 47.3% · 2,585 g
  • Lulu78 games
    42.3%gap -7.5 ptsSoloQ: 48.5% · 3,155 g
  • Braum65 games
    44.6%gap -0.7 ptsSoloQ: 48.0% · 1,506 g
  • Milio60 games
    46.7%gap -2.5 ptsSoloQ: 52.7% · 1,316 g
  • Thresh57 games
    45.6%gap -0.3 ptsSoloQ: 47.1% · 3,392 g
05 — In draft

Ban it or pick it?

Taken at any point of the series.

Pick rate as Top

Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ
  • SoloQ Master+2.3%44,492 picks of 1,903,323ban 2.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
  • Amateur tournaments1.5%567 picks of 38,304ban 3.2% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
  • Pro0.2%5 picks of 2,238bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20

Presence by patch

4.9% on 16.21
16.1216.21
Pick + ban, all regions, one point per patch; a patch without a measure leaves a gap.

Within the series

Fearless series only · as Top
  • 2.6%G1186 games of 7,056
  • 3.4%G2237 games of 7,057
  • 2.5%G3+71 games of 2,809
Once picked, the series moves on toIn G2, over 186 series where it is played in G1 then replaced in the same role. Published from 30 series.
Amateur: amateur tournaments created with tournament codes; soloQ: Master+, same patches. An amateur figure in gold and each card of “What changes” flag a gap that the volumes of both sources settle. Build: shares only, no win rate, which mostly follows game length. Gap to expected (lolalytics' Delta 2): the pair's win rate minus the one the two champions' own strength predicts, their win rate in their role in the same source; it is coloured when its 90% interval excludes 0, teal favourable, orange unfavourable. Under 30 games: games only.