

Garen vs Tryndamere
In the top lane on patch 26.21, Tryndamere is among Garen'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%.
Garen wins 55.4% of its 597 top games on patch 26.21 (tier S+), and Tryndamere is one of the opponents it does worst against: this is a counter by the site's rule. Tryndamere itself wins 54.9% of 293 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 Tryndamere counters.
- Garen top games
- 597
- Tryndamere top games
- 293
- Min. games per matchup
- 8
- Patch
- 26.21
Garen vs Tryndamere at a glance
Topmeasured
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S+ | 55.4% | 597 | 5.3% | Loses to Tryndamere: among its worst matchups here | |
| S | 54.9% | 293 | 2.6% | Beats Garen: Garen has it among its worst matchups |
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%.
Jungle
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Too few games in this lane for a line of its own. | |||||
| B | 50.0% | 68 | 0.6% | No counter relation with 8 games | |
Tiers and win rates are each champion's own jungle numbers on patch 26.21, from the Jungle 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 Tryndamere it does worse than that: Tryndamere 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 Garen 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.
Garen's other worst top matchups on this patch: Garen vs Yone, Garen vs Yorick. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.
How Tryndamere plays this matchup
Riot lists Tryndamere as fighter and assassin, on fury, and rates it 10 for attack, 5 for defense, 2 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, Tryndamere is tier S with a 54.9% win rate over 293 games (2.6% of top picks). Against Garen it does better than that: Garen has Tryndamere among the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup. The lane is on Tryndamere's side on average; your own record in it decides whether it is on yours.
Tryndamere's other worst top matchups on this patch: Tryndamere vs Renekton, Tryndamere vs Sett, Tryndamere vs Jax. 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.
Tryndamere
Most built items
Games · Win rateThe finished items Tryndamere ends top games with most often.
Berserker's Greaves90.1%57.0%
Ravenous Hydra52.5%59.1%
Infinity Edge50.4%62.2%
Phantom Dancer45.4%59.7%
Yun Tal Wildarrows34.2%59.8%
Lord Dominik's Regards30.6%67.8%
Runes
Games · Win rateThe keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

Hail of Blades + Precision58.8%54.2%
Lethal Tempo + Resolve23.8%56.5%
Lethal Tempo + Inspiration6.2%56.3%
Builds rest on 284 Tryndamere 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 Tryndamere's top build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.
Other matchups
Garen's other matchups
Garen vs Yoneloses, top
Garen vs Yorickloses, top
Garen vs Malphitewins, top
Garen vs Dr. Mundowins, top
Garen vs Volibearwins, top
Garen counters, every lane.
Tryndamere's other matchups
Tryndamere vs Settloses, top
Tryndamere vs Jaxloses, top
Tryndamere vs Renektonloses, top
Tryndamere vs Malphitewins, top
Tryndamere vs Yorickwins, top
Tryndamere counters, every lane.
Your record in Garen vs Tryndamere
Your plan, asked first
Once LazyElo can tell that Garen or Tryndamere 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.
Matchups is part of Plus; the free plan shows the best 3 picks from your pool. The feature: your own notes for this matchup.
Questions and answers
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Does Tryndamere counter Garen?
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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.
- Tryndamere countersWho Tryndamere 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.