Garen vs Tryndamere Counter Pick

An execute ultimate against a champion who cannot die is the cleanest counter-relationship available. Demacian Justice tries to finish a target sitting low; Undying Rage makes that health total temporarily irrelevant. Over 2,077 games on patch 16.13.1 Garen holds 45.7%, rated hard.

Tryndamere also wins the opening statline where it counts for a melee duel: 696 health against 690, 345 move speed against 340, and 114.6 armor at level 18 against 109.4. Bloodlust raises his attack damage as his health drops, so the moment Garen is normally strongest, with an enemy at a third of their bar, is the moment Tryndamere is designed for, and Battle Fury has been feeding critical strike chance the entire time. Mocking Shout cuts the attack damage of everyone nearby, landing squarely on 69 base damage and on the empowered hit from Decisive Strike.

What Garen keeps is armor at level one, 38 to 33, a resourceless kit against a Fury pool that only fills through combat, and Perseverance rewarding a full disengage. Spinning Slash is the sole gap-closer on the other side, so refusing the fight under tower is a legitimate answer. His damage is entirely physical, which makes armor the correct purchase, and attack range is level at 175 units, leaving neither side a reach advantage to lean on. Both rate 5 for execution.