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Garen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.8%#98 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.4%picked in 239 of 6,991 games
Ban: 3.4%117 bans over 3,461 games, against 4.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Top38.6% between 33.5% and 44.0% over 233 gamesSoloQ 50.1%: clear gap

Median length29 minsoloQ 27.8 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 346,746 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Win rateDraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, and Mortal Reminder: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 88% of top laners.FrontlineDuelistCCSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
38.6%
SoloQ
50.1%
38.6% win rate in amateur play over 233 games, against 50.1% in soloQ over 22,749 games.
DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.6%
SoloQ
2.9%
1.6% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.9% in soloQ.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29 min
SoloQ
27.8 min
Median of 29 min in amateur play, against 27.8 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, and Mortal Reminder: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror58% · 13,266

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite94% · 21,263

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 39 games

Core (3 legendaries)20% · 2,163

20%of soloQ games

Stridebreaker
Phantom Dancer
Mortal Reminder

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 88% of top laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop12%33% · top laners: 28%
Crowd control (CC)top15%1.3 · top laners: 0.8
Absorbs damagetop19%1,262 · top laners: 970

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Frontline
Duelist
CC
Split-push

Like other top laners

Damage in mid game
Gold at 15 min
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 9 in lane, 27 in mid game and 21 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

530-70 vs 599

831-37 vs 868

977-102 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Garentop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 80% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 9 of 100 among top laners530 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 27 of 100 among top laners831 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 21 of 100 among top laners977 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 68 of 100 among top laners+219 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 80 of 100 among top laners+486 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 81 of 100 among top laners1,262 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 10 of 100 among top laners49% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 88 of 100 among top laners33% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 19 of 100 among top lanersrank 19 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 85 of 100 among top laners1.3 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 71 of 100 among top laners23% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.