Garen vs Kayle
In the top lane on patch 26.21, Garen is among Kayle's worst matchups in LazyElo players' lobbies: at least 8 games in the matchup, a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
Kayle wins 51.9% of its 158 top games on patch 26.21 (tier A), and Garen is one of the opponents it does worst against: this is a counter by the site's rule. Garen itself wins 55.4% of 597 games there (tier S+). The games are those of LazyElo players and the players they met, at their own elo, not Emerald and above.
The per-champion pages: Garen counters and Kayle counters.
- Garen top games
- 597
- Kayle top games
- 158
- Min. games per matchup
- 8
- Patch
- 26.21
Garen vs Kayle at a glance
Topmeasured
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garen | S+ | 55.4% | 597 | 5.3% | Beats Kayle: Kayle has it among its worst matchups |
 Kayle | A | 51.9% | 158 | 1.4% | Loses to Garen: among its worst matchups here |
Tiers and win rates are each champion's own top numbers on patch 26.21, from the Top Lane tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
How Garen plays this matchup
Riot lists Garen as fighter and tank, on no resource, and rates it 7 for attack, 7 for defense, 1 for magic and 5 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.
In the top lane on patch 26.21, Garen is tier S+ with a 55.4% win rate over 597 games (5.3% of top picks). Against Kayle it does better than that: Kayle has Garen among the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup. The lane is on Garen's side on average; your own record in it decides whether it is on yours.
Garen's other worst top matchups on this patch: Garen vs Yone, Garen vs Yorick, Garen vs Tryndamere. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.
How Kayle plays this matchup
Riot lists Kayle as marksman and mage, on mana, and rates it 6 for attack, 6 for defense, 7 for magic and 7 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.
In the top lane on patch 26.21, Kayle is tier A with a 51.9% win rate over 158 games (1.4% of top picks). Against Garen it does worse than that: Garen is one of the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%. Playing Kayle here means playing for the lane you get: give up the early trades its kit does not win, keep the CS and wait for your item spike or your jungler.
Kayle's other worst top matchups on this patch: Kayle vs Yone, Kayle vs Darius. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.
What each side builds
Garen
Most built items
Games · Win rateThe finished items Garen ends top games with most often.
Stridebreaker93.2%56.6%
Berserker's Greaves65.7%54.6%
Phantom Dancer58.2%56.4%
Mortal Reminder39.1%58.4%
Dead Man's Plate31.8%60.1%
Youmuu's Ghostblade18.6%63.6%
Runes
Games · Win rateThe keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.
Conqueror + Sorcery44.1%53.5%
Stormraider's Surge + Resolve29.7%57.4%- Conqueror + Resolve23.8%54.6%
Builds rest on 591 Garen games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Garen's top build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.
Kayle
Most built items
Games · Win rateThe finished items Kayle ends top games with most often.
Nashor's Tooth85.9%56.7%
Dusk and Dawn64.7%59.4%
Boots of Swiftness62.8%53.1%
Shadowflame32.1%68.0%
Rabadon's Deathcap30.8%68.8%- Berserker's Greaves25.0%41.0%
Runes
Games · Win rateThe keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.
Press the Attack + Sorcery55.9%57.5%
Lethal Tempo + Sorcery26.6%42.1%
Builds rest on 156 Kayle games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Kayle's top build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.
Other matchups
Garen's other matchups
Garen vs Yoneloses, top
Garen vs Tryndamereloses, top
Garen vs Yorickloses, top
Garen vs Malphitewins, top
Garen vs Dr. Mundowins, top
Garen counters, every lane.
Your record in Garen vs Kayle
Your plan, asked first
Once LazyElo can tell that Garen or Kayle is your lane opponent, a card in champ select asks for your plan against them, and only then shows the notes you wrote earlier.Your record in it
Games, wins and losses, when you last played the matchup and your average KDA in it, plus your CS and gold difference at 10 minutes from the games with a timeline.How others did
How other players in your stored games did in the same matchup, with the number of games.
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Related
- All matchupsEvery measured pair, per lane and per champion.
- All countersEvery champion's hardest matchups per lane.
- Garen countersWho Garen struggles against and beats, per lane.
- Kayle countersWho Kayle struggles against and beats, per lane.
- Top Lane tier listThe full lane ranking.
- What decides a counterThe six things behind a matchup, and when not to counter pick.