Garen
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions- Pick
- 3.3%picked in 910 of 27,820 games
- Ban
- 3.2%719 bans over 22,616 games, against 2.9% in soloQ
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.- 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 / againstBetter than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +15.0 pts over 61 games, range above zero.+15.0 pt61 games
- 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
- 1.5%
- SoloQ
- 2.3%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 3.2%
- SoloQ
- 2.9%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.5 min
- SoloQ
- 27.7 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?
Better than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +15.0 pts over 61 games, range above zero.
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
With
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'Sante115 games56.5%gap +7.1 ptsSoloQ: 54.2% · 1,636 g
- Nasus63 games47.6%gap +1.1 ptsSoloQ: 53.4% · 1,250 g
- Ornn56 games42.9%gap -4.0 ptsSoloQ: 51.3% · 1,094 g
- Jax52 games50.0%gap +3.3 ptsSoloQ: 54.4% · 2,478 g
- Olaf39 games41.0%gap -3.2 ptsSoloQ: 50.9% · 884 g
- Camille33 games39.4%gap -5.1 ptsSoloQ: 43.9% · 2,253 g
- Malphite32 games40.6%gap -7.2 ptsSoloQ: 48.6% · 984 g
- Shen30 games50.0%gap +0.2 ptsSoloQ: 51.8% · 1,199 g
- Sion30 games60.0%gap +12.2 ptsSoloQ: 52.8% · 631 g
- Gwen27 games—SoloQ: 54.0% · 658 g
- Gnar26 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 1,074 g
- Mordekaiser23 games—SoloQ: 47.8% · 997 g
- Ambessa22 games—SoloQ: 49.3% · 1,050 g
- Dr. Mundo22 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 608 g
- Renekton22 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 1,301 g
- Aatrox19 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 1,193 g
- Yone15 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 1,583 g
- Darius10 games—SoloQ: 46.7% · 1,649 g
- Jayce7 games—SoloQ: 51.1% · 1,030 g
- Fiora6 games—SoloQ: 45.8% · 1,214 g
- Gangplank5 games—SoloQ: 49.4% · 1,090 g
- Jarvan IV78 games56.4%gap +7.6 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 1,606 g
- Lee Sin74 games50.0%gap +2.4 ptsSoloQ: 50.0% · 2,879 g
- Wukong71 games40.8%gap -4.1 ptsSoloQ: 47.9% · 1,658 g
- Vi54 games37.0%gap -10.0 ptsSoloQ: 51.7% · 915 g
- Xin Zhao44 games27.3%gap -20.1 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 615 g
- Sylas39 games61.5%gap +15.3 ptsSoloQ: 50.2% · 1,606 g
- Qiyana26 games—SoloQ: 49.3% · 2,115 g
- Nocturne25 games—SoloQ: 51.7% · 611 g
- Cho'Gath24 games—SoloQ: 45.3% · 1,171 g
- Viego24 games—SoloQ: 51.3% · 1,713 g
- Lillia19 games—SoloQ: 45.9% · 1,174 g
- Naafiri17 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 651 g
- Shyvana17 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 905 g
- Pantheon16 games—SoloQ: 54.1% · 172 g
- Graves15 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 1,811 g
- Kayn13 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 1,180 g
- Kha'Zix13 games—SoloQ: 52.1% · 1,981 g
- Talon11 games—SoloQ: 49.9% · 1,763 g
- Hecarim10 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 1,686 g
- Cho'Gath5 games—SoloQ: 45.3% · 1,171 g
- Syndra69 games46.4%gap -0.2 ptsSoloQ: 49.0% · 2,077 g
- Ahri67 games49.3%gap +4.0 ptsSoloQ: 49.2% · 2,155 g
- Viktor47 games38.3%gap -8.5 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 2,050 g
- Orianna46 games56.5%gap +7.1 ptsSoloQ: 51.0% · 880 g
- Sylas31 games35.5%gap -12.0 ptsSoloQ: 50.8% · 1,622 g
- LeBlanc30 games53.3%gap +6.4 ptsSoloQ: 47.6% · 1,184 g
- Lissandra29 games—SoloQ: 47.0% · 1,101 g
- Akali27 games—SoloQ: 54.3% · 1,447 g
- Aurora25 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 856 g
- Hwei25 games—SoloQ: 48.9% · 914 g
- Xerath25 games—SoloQ: 53.3% · 852 g
- Locke24 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 2,006 g
- Yone21 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 1,959 g
- Ryze20 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 567 g
- Zed19 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 1,643 g
- Yasuo14 games—SoloQ: 51.3% · 1,798 g
- Twisted Fate13 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 1,300 g
- Galio12 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 1,102 g
- Galio11 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 1,102 g
- Ekko9 games—SoloQ: 44.6% · 1,343 g
- Yunara80 games43.8%gap -1.4 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 3,593 g
- Caitlyn71 games43.7%gap -1.7 ptsSoloQ: 50.6% · 2,526 g
- Jinx62 games43.5%gap -2.0 ptsSoloQ: 47.3% · 3,182 g
- Ezreal61 games65.6%gap +15.0 ptsSoloQ: 55.6% · 2,417 g
- Kai'Sa55 games43.6%gap -4.1 ptsSoloQ: 50.9% · 3,842 g
- Lucian54 games50.0%gap +1.9 ptsSoloQ: 52.4% · 1,729 g
- Jhin52 games55.8%gap +6.1 ptsSoloQ: 50.9% · 4,248 g
- Ashe45 games42.2%gap -3.7 ptsSoloQ: 47.4% · 1,189 g
- Sivir39 games46.2%gap -2.2 ptsSoloQ: 50.4% · 999 g
- Xayah35 games42.9%gap -3.3 ptsSoloQ: 44.4% · 1,331 g
- Tristana32 games50.0%gap +2.7 ptsSoloQ: 46.4% · 2,591 g
- Miss Fortune25 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 961 g
- Aphelios24 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 1,909 g
- Kalista22 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 1,248 g
- Varus22 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 711 g
- Zeri20 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 1,524 g
- Draven10 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 1,333 g
- Twitch7 games—SoloQ: 46.5% · 1,073 g
- Nautilus89 games43.8%gap -3.3 ptsSoloQ: 47.3% · 2,585 g
- Lulu78 games42.3%gap -7.5 ptsSoloQ: 48.5% · 3,155 g
- Braum65 games44.6%gap -0.7 ptsSoloQ: 48.0% · 1,506 g
- Milio60 games46.7%gap -2.5 ptsSoloQ: 52.7% · 1,316 g
- Thresh57 games45.6%gap -0.3 ptsSoloQ: 47.1% · 3,392 g
- Leona55 games49.1%gap +0.7 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 1,862 g
- Seraphine39 games51.3%gap +5.0 ptsSoloQ: 48.9% · 1,205 g
- Rakan38 games36.8%gap -9.6 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 1,229 g
- Rell34 games50.0%gap +6.3 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 1,283 g
- Alistar31 games35.5%gap -10.7 ptsSoloQ: 49.2% · 1,704 g
- Blitzcrank30 games50.0%gap +4.4 ptsSoloQ: 49.3% · 1,803 g
- Karma28 games—SoloQ: 52.8% · 1,820 g
- Yuumi22 games—SoloQ: 52.6% · 1,254 g
- Bard19 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 1,463 g
- Neeko18 games—SoloQ: 53.2% · 395 g
- Nami15 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 2,097 g
- Pyke15 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 1,319 g
- Senna10 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 1,428 g
- Janna5 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 2,092 g
Ban it or pick it?
Taken at any point of the series.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+2.3%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 16.21Within 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

