Garen

TopMidADmeleefrontlineteamfightdivesplitpushlane-bully

Data20 pro games·Oct 2022 – May 2026·patches 12.18–26.08·CBLOL, First Stand, LCK, LCS, LEC, LJL, LTA, MSI, PCS, VCS, Worlds· incl. international·Browse source →

Comp identity — Top / Mid

Leans Split — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Splitnatural · 70%
Catchworkable · 50%
Attackworkable · 40%
Garen grinds down the sidelane through raw durability and drags the map apart. Enough Catch and Attack sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Passive regenerates a scaling % of max HP every 5s, but pauses for 8s after taking champion/turret/monster damage.

Kit quirks

Passive regenerates a scaling % of max HP every 5s, but pauses for 8s after taking champion/turret/monster damage
W (Courage) passively stacks bonus armor/MR per kill (up to 150 stacks) on top of its active shield + damage reduction
R is a true-damage execute scaling with the target's missing HP, letting Garen finish off kills other damage types can't

How Garen actually performs in ranked solo queue · 386 weighted games