Garen Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 51.3%
- Pick rate
- 0.6%
- Ban rate
- 5.0%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Resolve 
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Sorcery
Resolve
Summoner spells
Max order
E
Q
W
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Garen
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Garen wins 51.3% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (555 games).
- Most common core: Stridebreaker → Youmuu's Ghostblade → Voltaic Cyclosword — 86% win rate over 7 games.
- Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 52% of games with a 52% win rate.
- Best matchup: Syndra (68% over 19 games). Hardest: Lux (30% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Garen is an early-game champion: 57% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 43% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 70.6% | 3% (17) | |
| 66.7% | 2% (12) | |
| 66.7% | 1% (6) | |
| 62.5% | 6% (32) | |
| 58.3% | 2% (12) | |
| 58.2% | 12% (67) | |
| 55.3% | 29% (159) | |
| 53.3% | 3% (15) | |
| 52.5% | 7% (40) | |
| 50.0% | 13% (70) | |
| 44.4% | 2% (9) | |
| 43.8% | 3% (16) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Resolve
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Sorcery
Resolve
Sorcery +
Resolve
Precision +
Sorcery 
Keystones
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
54.2%19% pick
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
54.5%8% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
56.3%23% pick
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Flash + Ghost
33.3%2% pick
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Flash + Teleport
28.6%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
Q
W
40.0%10 games
Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (50%), Q → E → W (25%), E → W → Q (50%).
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PPerseveranceIf Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.
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QDecisive Strike
Garen gains a burst of Move Speed, breaking free of all slows affecting him. His next attack strikes a vital area of his foe, dealing bonus damage and silencing them.
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WCourage
Garen passively increases his Armor and Magic Resist by killing enemies. He may also activate this ability to give him a shield and tenacity for a brief moment followed by a lesser amount of damage reduction for a longer...
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EJudgment
Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies.
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RDemacian JusticeGaren calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion.