MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Garen vs Annie
How often does Garen beat Annie in Top?
Garen into Annie in Top: 39% observed win rate across 36 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Garen behind by 357 gold.
Garen at 15:00
- Gold: -357
- CS: -10
- XP: -462
Typical gap to Annie, from 36 games that reached 15:00.
Beating Annie: the Garen game plan
Someone usually dies here around 5:23 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:32. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Garen's Top build, with receipts
The most-finished Garen core is Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder: 55.8% across 11,163 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Doran's Shield + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Stridebreaker (53,134 games).
Skill plan: Garen players max E first and take E at level 1.