Garen

The Might of Demacia

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Lore

A proud and noble warrior, Garen fights as one of the Dauntless Vanguard. He is popular among his fellows, and respected well enough by his enemies—not least as a scion of the prestigious Crownguard family, entrusted with defending Demacia and its ideals. Clad in magic-resistant armor and bearing a mighty broadsword, Garen stands ready to confront mages and sorcerers on the field of battle, in a veritable whirlwind of righteous steel.

At a glance

Attack: 7 / 10
Defense: 7 / 10
Magic: 1 / 10
Difficulty: 5 / 10

Abilities

Passive
Perseverance
If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.
Q
Decisive Strike
Garen gains a burst of Move Speed, breaking free of all slows affecting him. His next attack strikes a vital area of his foe, dealing bonus damage and silencing them.
Cooldown
8s
Cost
No cost
Range
300
W
Courage
Garen passively increases his Armor and Magic Resist by killing enemies. He may also activate this ability to give him a shield and tenacity for a brief moment followed by a lesser amount of damage reduction for a longer duration.
Cooldown
22/19.5/17/14.5/12s
Cost
No cost
Range
0
E
Judgment
Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies.
Cooldown
9/8.25/7.5/6.75/6s
Cost
No cost
Range
325
R
Demacian Justice
Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion.
Cooldown
120/100/80s
Cost
No cost
Range
400

Base stats

Health: 690 (+98/lvl)
Health regen: 8 (+0.5/lvl)
Resource: 0
Resource regen: 0
Attack damage: 69
Attack speed: 0.63 (+3.65/lvl)
Armor: 38 (+4.2/lvl)
Magic resist: 32 (+1.55/lvl)
Move speed: 340
Attack range: 175

Playing as Garen

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Playing against Garen

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.
Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.
Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Skins (16)

Sanguine Garen
Desert Trooper Garen
Commando Garen
Dreadknight Garen
Rugged Garen
Steel Legion Garen
Rogue Admiral Garen
Warring Kingdoms Garen◆
God-King Garen
Demacia Vice Garen◆
Mecha Kingdoms Garen
Prestige Mecha Kingdoms Garen
Battle Academia Garen◆
Mythmaker Garen◆
Fallen God-King Garen
Visions of the Fallen Garen