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Community rank
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Where players rank Garen on the community tier list. One vote per account.
– net score
Classic loadouts
Builds for Garen
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Abilities
P
Perseverance
If Garen has not been struck by damage or enemy abilities for the last 9 seconds, Garen Regenerates (0.4%) each second. Minion damage does not stop Perserverance. Bonus Health Regen per 5 seconds: (2%)
Q
Decisive Strike
Garen breaks free from all slows affecting him and gains 35% Movement Speed for 1.5 / 2.25 / 3 / 3.75 / 4.5 seconds. His next basic attack deals 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 physical damage and silences his target for 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 seconds. (+140% AD)
30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130+140% AD
W
Courage
Passive: Garen's gains an additional 30% value from bonus Armor and Magic Resist. Active: Garen gains a defensive shield for 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 seconds, reducing incoming damage by 30% and granting 30% Crowd Control Reduction.
E
Judgment
Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body for 3 seconds, dealing 20 / 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 physical damage to nearby enemies every second. (Maximum damage: 60 / 135 / 210 / 285 / 360) (+80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120% AD)
20 / 45 / 70 / 95 / 120+80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120% AD
R
Demacian Justice
Ultimate
Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion, dealing 175 / 350 / 525 magic damage plus 1 damage for every 3.5 / 3 / 2.5 health they are missing.
175 / 350 / 5251 damage for every 3.5 / 3 / 2.5 health missing
How Garen plays
Editorial Reading of the kit above, not a sourced claim - the numbers inside it were checked against the client before publishing.
About as straightforward as this roster gets, Garen works precisely because there's nothing complicated to misplay. He has no mana bar to manage, no complicated combos, just a silence on Decisive Strike that also cleanses slows and gives him a burst of speed to close distance. Judgment is his bread and butter in an extended fight, a spin that hits everyone nearby every second it's active, and it does more damage the more it's leveled. Courage adds a defensive shield with crowd control reduction, which makes him annoying to lock down even without cleanse up. Perseverance quietly heals him back to full between fights if nobody's poking him down, so short trades rarely leave a mark. Demacian Justice is the reason low health enemies fear him specifically, an execute that hits harder the more health they're missing, often finishing off someone who thought they'd escaped with a sliver left.
Counters & matchups
Strong against
Weak against · in lane
Weak against · across the map
Plays well with
Silence plus a true-damage execute deletes casters in lane; scaling duelists simply outlast his window.
"In lane" means both champions are played in the same role in Classic; "across the map" represents cross-lane dynamics (e.g. jungler ganks, roaming supports). All matchups evaluated strictly within the 63 Classic launch champions.
What Garen's kit scales with
Read from Garen's ability text.
Resource
NoneMana runes and items do nothing for this champion
Range
Melee125 units
Ability ratios
Q
Decisive Strike
E
Judgment
Skins · 8
Catalog and art read directly from the client files (build 18848366a9cb) - exactly the skins the client lists for Garen, including the Classic throwback skins with their era models. © Riot Games.
Modern vs Classic · 10 tracked changes
Garen
Base Health
690
551
Health per level
98
96
Base Attack Damage
69
60
Base Armor
38
25.7
Armor per level
4.2
3
Base Magic Resist
32
31.25
Magic Resist per level
1.55
1.25
Move Speed
340
345
Attack Range
175
125
Attack Speed per level
3.65%
2.9%
Classic: the Classic client's files · Today: patch 16.14.1.