Garen

The Might of Demacia

Fighter / Tank · None · Melee

About

Garen, The Might of Demacia, is a fighter and tank champion who uses no resource for abilities and attacks at melee range. Their kit focuses on physical damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 5 out of 10: a champion of medium difficulty.

Compared with other champions, Garen starts with above average HP (690), above average armor (38) and average move speed (340). Attack range is 175 units.

Garen has 16 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack7

Defense7

Magic1

Difficulty5

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
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
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
R (Ultimate) · Demacian Justice
Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion.
Cooldown: 120/100/80s

Tips for playing 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.

Tips for 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.

Base stats

HP: 690 (+98 per level)
Mana: 0
Armor: 38 (+4.2 per level)
Magic resist: 32 (+1.55 per level)
Attack damage: 69
Attack speed: 0.625 (+3.65 per level)
Move speed: 340
Range: 175

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.