Garen
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW- Pick
- 3.4%picked in 257 of 7,565 games
- Ban
- 3.4%124 bans over 3,601 games, against 4.1% in soloQ
Amateur: 7,565 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 385,041 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.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 / againstBetter than expected against K'Sante in amateur play: +18.8 pts over 31 games, range above zero.+18.8 pt31 games
- In draftTaken at any point of the series.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- Win rateWins less in amateur play
- Amateur
- 38.4%
- SoloQ
- 50.0%
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 1.6%
- SoloQ
- 2.9%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 28.8 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?
Better than expected against K'Sante in amateur play: +18.8 pts over 31 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
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'Sante31 games58.1%gap +18.8 ptsSoloQ: 56.0% · 623 g
- Ornn24 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 625 g
- Jax17 games—SoloQ: 56.6% · 935 g
- Olaf14 games—SoloQ: 53.0% · 434 g
- Malphite12 games—SoloQ: 46.9% · 524 g
- Gnar10 games—SoloQ: 51.1% · 609 g
- Gragas10 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 382 g
- Sion10 games—SoloQ: 52.9% · 314 g
- Camille8 games—SoloQ: 43.0% · 1,171 g
- Gwen8 games—SoloQ: 54.7% · 298 g
- Shen8 games—SoloQ: 52.6% · 643 g
- Ambessa7 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 521 g
- Mordekaiser6 games—SoloQ: 46.8% · 457 g
- Renekton6 games—SoloQ: 52.5% · 667 g
- Zaahen5 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 439 g
- Jarvan IV27 games—SoloQ: 47.2% · 862 g
- Wukong25 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 865 g
- Xin Zhao20 games—SoloQ: 53.3% · 257 g
- Vi18 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 391 g
- Amumu10 games—SoloQ: 46.3% · 95 g
- Cho'Gath10 games—SoloQ: 46.6% · 588 g
- Nocturne9 games—SoloQ: 53.5% · 256 g
- Qiyana9 games—SoloQ: 47.8% · 1,121 g
- Lee Sin8 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 1,075 g
- Shyvana7 games—SoloQ: 57.1% · 459 g
- Skarner7 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 232 g
- Sejuani6 games—SoloQ: 52.6% · 211 g
- Trundle6 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 55 g
- Maokai5 games—SoloQ: 40.7% · 81 g
- Shen5 games—SoloQ: 42.9% · 35 g
- Ahri26 games—SoloQ: 47.3% · 1,181 g
- Syndra22 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 1,082 g
- Viktor21 games—SoloQ: 47.1% · 876 g
- Orianna18 games—SoloQ: 52.8% · 434 g
- Hwei10 games—SoloQ: 49.4% · 425 g
- Akali9 games—SoloQ: 53.3% · 679 g
- LeBlanc8 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 563 g
- Lissandra8 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 518 g
- Ryze7 games—SoloQ: 52.0% · 248 g
- Sylas7 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 704 g
- Cassiopeia6 games—SoloQ: 53.7% · 229 g
- Locke6 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 1,052 g
- Veigar6 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 306 g
- Xerath6 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 413 g
- Annie5 games—SoloQ: 51.3% · 187 g
- Yasuo5 games—SoloQ: 50.1% · 891 g
- Yone5 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 892 g
- Yunara24 games—SoloQ: 49.0% · 1,708 g
- Caitlyn22 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 1,186 g
- Kai'Sa22 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 1,759 g
- Ashe17 games—SoloQ: 47.5% · 531 g
- Jinx17 games—SoloQ: 47.2% · 1,420 g
- Jhin15 games—SoloQ: 50.5% · 1,838 g
- Lucian12 games—SoloQ: 54.1% · 730 g
- Tristana12 games—SoloQ: 46.3% · 1,272 g
- Xayah12 games—SoloQ: 46.0% · 655 g
- Kalista10 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 734 g
- Corki8 games—SoloQ: 54.8% · 221 g
- Ezreal7 games—SoloQ: 54.7% · 1,076 g
- Miss Fortune7 games—SoloQ: 55.5% · 389 g
- Sivir7 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 514 g
- Zeri7 games—SoloQ: 48.2% · 735 g
- Nautilus30 games20.0%gap -15.4 ptsSoloQ: 47.9% · 1,239 g
- Milio22 games—SoloQ: 53.0% · 705 g
- Lulu20 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 1,578 g
- Rakan18 games—SoloQ: 51.1% · 659 g
- Braum17 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 804 g
- Thresh16 games—SoloQ: 46.3% · 1,630 g
- Leona14 games—SoloQ: 50.1% · 870 g
- Rell12 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 676 g
- Seraphine12 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 569 g
- Alistar11 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 798 g
- Nami9 games—SoloQ: 52.5% · 1,201 g
- Blitzcrank6 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 735 g
- Karma6 games—SoloQ: 53.2% · 940 g
- Renata Glasc6 games—SoloQ: 53.4% · 328 g
- Yuumi6 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 524 g
- Senna5 games—SoloQ: 50.1% · 681 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%22,440 picks of 770,072ban 4.1% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments1.6%193 picks of 11,836ban 3.8% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.2%5 picks of 2,238bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20

