Garen vs Kayle Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Top, this is Garen versus Kayle — a fighter/tank hybrid against a mage/marksman hybrid. The sample behind this page is 2,257 games from patch 16.13.1, and Garen wins 44.9% of them. A deficit of 5.1 points is what earns Kayle its counter flag in this matchup.
Neither profile surprises the other: Garen and Kayle are both physical threats. Level-one bases: Garen 690 HP / 38 armour / 32 MR, Kayle 670 / 26 / 22. Garen starts 12 armour ahead, which is felt before either buys anything. Scaling matters as well: Garen ends on 2356 HP, Kayle on 2234. On autos alone the numbers read 69 AD for Garen and 50 for Kayle. Speed reads 340 to 335, handing Garen the better rotations.
With both sitting in melee range (175 against 175), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Track Courage on Garen and Divine Judgment on Kayle — the lane swings on those two. Demacian Justice and Divine Judgment are the two buttons that end the exchange outright. One spends None and the other Mana, which changes how long each can keep poking.
Data here updates on its own rather than sitting as a fixed snapshot taken on 16.13.1.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Kayle has the statistical edge. Garen wins 44.9% of the recorded games.
44.9% from Garen's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
2,257 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Garen build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Garen build page.