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Garen
// YOU · TOP

Garen

The Might of Demacia
FIGHTER TOP LANE
VS
TOP LANE
SAMPLE PENDING
Gragas
// ENEMY · TOP

Gragas

the Rabble Rouser
FIGHTER MAGE
MATCHUP TYPE
Fighter
vs Gragas primary class
SAMPLE
no aggregation yet
BUILD STATUS
Tuned
hand-tuned for this matchup
PATCH
16.11.1
data dragon version

// BUILD FOR THIS MATCHUP

CUSTOMIZED · vs GRAGAS
STARTER ITEMS
Item #1054
Item #2003
BUILD ORDER · 1 → 6
Item #6630 1
Item #3047 2
Item #3071 3
Item #6333 4
Item #3053 5
Item #3065 6
// MATCHUP STRATEGY

vs Gragas — TOP

vs Gragas — bruiser mirror. Sustained trade > burst. Conqueror stacks decide exchanges. Build Black Cleaver 2nd item.

EARLY · 1-6
Laning phase

Garen early lane is short-trade pressure. Start Doran's Shield + 2 pots. Conqueror keystone stacks during sustained trades — auto-Q-auto windows.

Freeze near tower if matched into ranged or skirmisher. Look for level 2 spike — second ability unlocks full damage rotation. Tra...

MID · 7-13
Roam & trade

Goredrinker + Plated Steelcaps is the standard spike. Side lane pressure = your win condition. TP roam to bot lane for double-kill window, or shove top + flank dragon fight.

Black Cleaver 2nd item shreds armor for team. Death's Dance 3rd item makes you a 1v2 threat in sidelane....

LATE · 14+
Teamfights

Sidelane bully. Garen forces 1v2-1v3 attention while team takes objectives. In teamfights, walk through frontline to ADC — your sustain absorbs poke.

Sterak's Gage as 4th item = shield + tenacity vs CC chain. Avoid getting kited — Mercury's Treads + Sterak's tenacity. Death'...

// SUMMONER SPELLS

vs GRAGAS
Flash
D
Flash
Teleport
F
Teleport

// SKILL ORDER

R > Q > E > W
1R
2Q
3E
4W
Q
E
W
Q
Q
R
Q
E
Q
E
R
E
E
W
W
R
W
W
1 9 18

// QUICK REFERENCE

Lane
TOP
Champion class
FIGHTER
Opponent class
FIGHTER
Patch
16.11.1
// RUNES
Precision
PRIMARY · PRECISION
KEYSTONE
Keystone 8010
#8010
SLOT 1
Rune 9111
#9111
SLOT 2
Rune 9104
#9104
SLOT 3
Rune 8014
#8014
Resolve
SECONDARY · RESOLVE
SLOT 1
Rune 8473
#8473
SLOT 2
Rune 8242
#8242
STAT SHARDS
Shard 5005
Attack Speed
+10% AS
Shard 5008
Adaptive Force
+9 AD / +15 AP
Shard 5002
Armor
+6 Armor
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