# Garen Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

> Best build for Garen: rune page, item set, summoner spells, skill order and counter picks — 26.22 patch, ranked match data.

Source: https://gamerone.org/en/champion/garen · Patch: 26.22 · Top lane

## Garen — The Might of Demacia

- Tier: S (#15 of 131 in Top lane)
- Win rate: 50.5%
- Pick: 5.4%
- Ban: 3.2%
- Games: 21,741

## Runes

- **Precision**: Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste, Last Stand
- **Sorcery**: Axiom Arcanist, Celerity
- Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health scaling with level

## Summoner spells

Flash, Ignite

## Items

- Starting items: Doran's Shield, Health Potion
- **Bruiser** (Win rate: 51.2% · Games: 6,055): Stridebreaker → Phantom Dancer → Dead Man's Plate → (Dead Man's Plate / Infinity Edge) → (Sterak's Gage / Dead Man's Plate / Force of Nature)
- **Critical range** (Win rate: 54.7% · Games: 2,786): Stridebreaker → Phantom Dancer → Mortal Reminder → (Dead Man's Plate / Infinity Edge) → (Sterak's Gage / Dead Man's Plate / Force of Nature)
- Boots: Berserker's Greaves

## Skill order

E > Q > W

## Struggles against

- Tristana: -14.3 pp win rate difference (14 games)
- Cassiopeia: -11.3 pp win rate difference (31 games)
- Syndra: -10.0 pp win rate difference (10 games)
- Lissandra: -9.3 pp win rate difference (54 games)
- Qiyana: -9.3 pp win rate difference (27 games)

## Strong against

- Shaco: +22.7 pp win rate difference (11 games)
- Elise: +21.4 pp win rate difference (14 games)
- Ivern: +20.0 pp win rate difference (10 games)
- Lucian: +19.2 pp win rate difference (13 games)
- Diana: +14.3 pp win rate difference (14 games)

The data is calculated per patch from ranked matches in the selected tier and region.

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