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Garen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

5.6%#114 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.9%picked in 535 of 18,545 games
Ban: 2.7%471 bans over 17,559 games, against 0.7% in soloQ

Win rate as Top50.8% between 47.1% and 54.4% over 508 gamesSoloQ 50.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.4 minsoloQ 26.4 min

Amateur: 18,750 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 348,503 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.DraftLengthBuild
How to play itConqueror, then Stridebreaker, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Phantom Dancer: 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 Jarvan IV in amateur play: +14.5 pts over 40 games, range above zero.+14.5 pt40 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.6%
SoloQ
0.7%
2.6% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 0.7% in soloQ over 162,170 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.4 min
SoloQ
26.4 min
Median of 29.4 min in amateur play, against 26.4 min in soloQ.
BuildStridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder instead of Stridebreaker, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Phantom Dancer
Amateur
20%
SoloQ
19%
Played in 20% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Stridebreaker, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Phantom Dancer (19%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Stridebreaker, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Phantom Dancer: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror93% · 8,235

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite94% · 8,365

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 67 games

Core (3 legendaries)19% · 770

19%of soloQ games

Stridebreaker
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Phantom Dancer

≠ Amateur: Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder instead of Stridebreaker, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Phantom Dancer. 20% · 421 games

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.

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.

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 Jarvan IV in amateur play: +14.5 pts over 40 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

Topgap to expected

K'Sante54.3% · expected 53.3% · 70 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -0.3

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV67.5% · expected 53.0% · 40 g+14.5 ptSoloQ +2.6

Sylas61.3% · expected 50.1% · 31 g+11.2 ptSoloQ +3.3

Lee Sin53.2% · expected 51.9% · 62 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -1.8

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal67.4% · expected 55.3% · 43 g+12.1 ptSoloQ +0.2

Jhin64.1% · expected 54.8% · 39 g+9.3 ptSoloQ +0.3

Caitlyn55.0% · expected 48.5% · 40 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +2.1

Kai'Sa52.9% · expected 50.5% · 34 g+2.5 ptSoloQ +0.1

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus55.3% · expected 52.6% · 47 g+2.7 ptSoloQ -5.8

With

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao67.7% · expected 51.6% · 31 g+16.1 ptSoloQ -1.6

Sylas55.3% · expected 51.5% · 38 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -1.0

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara54.5% · expected 52.8% · 55 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -0.2

Supportgap to expected

Leona54.1% · expected 51.1% · 37 g+2.9 ptSoloQ +3.4

Lulu50.0% · expected 48.7% · 38 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -0.5

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.

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