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Garen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.5%#106 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.3%picked in 940 of 28,532 games
Ban: 3.2%743 bans over 23,259 games, against 2.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Top47.6% between 44.9% and 50.3% over 897 gamesSoloQ 49.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 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.DraftLength
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 / againstBetter than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +15.8 pts over 66 games, range above zero.+15.8 pt66 games
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.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.5%
SoloQ
2.3%
1.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.2%
SoloQ
2.8%
3.2% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 2.8% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 27.7 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

RunesConqueror66% · 30,874

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite92% · 43,446

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 105 games

Core (3 legendaries)20% · 4,448

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?

Better than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +15.8 pts over 66 games, range above zero.

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.

Against

Topgap to expected

K'Sante56.8% · expected 49.7% · 118 g+7.1 ptSoloQ +2.0

Sion61.3% · expected 48.2% · 31 g+13.1 ptSoloQ +2.1

Nasus49.3% · expected 46.4% · 69 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +3.5

Jax49.1% · expected 47.2% · 55 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +4.0

Shen50.0% · expected 49.9% · 30 g+0.1 ptSoloQ +3.0

Junglegap to expected

Sylas61.5% · expected 46.5% · 39 g+15.0 ptSoloQ +0.3

Jarvan IV58.0% · expected 49.1% · 81 g+8.9 ptSoloQ -1.6

Lee Sin50.7% · expected 47.8% · 75 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +0.1

Midgap to expected

Orianna56.3% · expected 49.6% · 48 g+6.6 ptSoloQ -0.5

Ahri50.0% · expected 45.6% · 68 g+4.4 ptSoloQ 0.0

LeBlanc53.3% · expected 47.2% · 30 g+6.1 ptSoloQ -0.8

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal66.7% · expected 50.9% · 66 g+15.8 ptSoloQ +1.8

Jhin54.5% · expected 49.9% · 55 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +0.8

Lucian50.0% · expected 48.5% · 54 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +1.1

Tristana50.0% · expected 47.6% · 32 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -2.4

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine51.3% · expected 46.3% · 39 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -2.2

Karma56.7% · expected 50.2% · 30 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

Rell48.6% · expected 44.1% · 35 g+4.5 ptSoloQ +2.6

Blitzcrank46.9% · expected 45.7% · 32 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -0.1

With

Junglegap to expected

Sylas54.5% · expected 48.7% · 55 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -1.1

Xin Zhao52.8% · expected 47.2% · 53 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +0.5

Jarvan IV48.2% · expected 46.1% · 56 g+2.1 ptSoloQ 0.0

Nocturne47.4% · expected 45.1% · 38 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +2.0

Midgap to expected

Orianna53.1% · expected 45.6% · 49 g+7.5 ptSoloQ +2.4

Sylas50.0% · expected 47.3% · 40 g+2.7 ptSoloQ -0.3

Galio50.0% · expected 46.5% · 30 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -1.2

ADCgap to expected

Yunara60.9% · expected 49.9% · 87 g+11.0 ptSoloQ +0.2

Tristana59.0% · expected 47.6% · 39 g+11.4 ptSoloQ -1.6

Jhin51.8% · expected 45.3% · 56 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +0.7

Ezreal47.7% · expected 44.4% · 65 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +0.2

Xayah51.1% · expected 49.0% · 45 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +0.2

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine61.2% · expected 48.9% · 49 g+12.3 ptSoloQ +1.3

Lulu51.3% · expected 45.2% · 78 g+6.0 ptSoloQ -0.8

Milio51.9% · expected 45.7% · 52 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +0.2

Braum54.7% · expected 49.3% · 53 g+5.5 ptSoloQ -1.1

Rakan51.4% · expected 48.5% · 37 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -0.3

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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