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Garen vs Azir

How often does Garen beat Azir in Top?

Garen into Azir in Top: 38% observed win rate across 61 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 979 gold.

Garen at 15:00

Typical gap to Azir, from 61 games that reached 15:00.

Does Garen counter Azir?

No counter here: Garen sits at 38% over 61 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Azir: the Garen game plan

Someone usually dies here around 6:51 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:23. 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.

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