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Garen Build
Latest Garen build for League of Legends with items, runes, summoner spells, skill order, counters and patch data.
51.42% Win Rate 6.36% Pick Rate 102,076 Games
Garen Build Guide
Garen remains a top lane staple, sitting at a strong 51.8% winrate with an 8.11% pickrate in current ranked data for patch 16.13.1. His spin-to-win playstyle rewards players who commit hard to trades and let Conqueror stack up the sustain.
The core build of Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, and Mortal Reminder gives him mobility, attack speed, and the grievous wounds needed to shut down enemy healing. Skill priority runs E, then Q, then W, keeping Judgment online for both damage and wave clear. The full runes, item timing, and counter picks are detailed on the page below.
Garen Build
S+ Current tier: S+ Top — view tier list
Imported from op.gg · updated every 48 hours · last update Aug 6, 2026.
Starting Items
Core Items
Boots
Full Item Set
Garen Runes — Precision + Sorcery
Conqueror 
Triumph 
Legend: Haste 
Last Stand 
Axiom Arcanist 
Celerity 
Adaptive Force Adaptive Force 
Health Scaling Garen Summoner Spells
Flash 
IgniteGaren Skill Order
E › Q › W
Ability Order by Level
1E 2Q 3W 4E 5E 6R 7E 8Q 9E 10Q 11R 12Q 13Q 14W 15W
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Starting Items
Core Items
Boots
Full Item Set
Garen Runes — Sorcery + Resolve
Stormraider's Surge Axiom Arcanist Celerity 
Gathering Storm 
Second Wind 
Overgrowth Adaptive Force Adaptive Force Health Scaling Garen Summoner Spells
Flash IgniteGaren Skill Order
E › Q › W
Ability Order by Level
1E 2Q 3W 4E 5E 6R 7E 8Q 9E 10Q 11R 12Q 13Q 14W 15W
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Garen Counters
Weak Against
44.3% 1,559 games 
45.7% 1,501 games 
45.8% 332 games 
46.7% 647 games 
47.0% 181 games Strong Against
58.8% 228 games 
58.7% 1,830 games 
58.0% 288 games 
55.7% 3,735 games 
55.5% 1,091 games Win rates are Garen's results against each champion, imported from op.gg.
Garen Build FAQ
Based on current ranked data (op.gg, patch 16.15.1), the strongest recorded Garen build in Top goes Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder as core items, with a 51.42% win rate across 102,076 games.
The most played rune page runs Conqueror (Precision) with Sorcery as the secondary tree.
Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder.
Based on real matchup data, Garen struggles most against Kayle, Tryndamere, Kennen.
Build and counter data is refreshed automatically every 48 hours from ranked game statistics.
