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Garen vs Brand

What is Garen's win rate vs Brand?

In Mid, Garen wins 37% against Brand across 41 observed 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 ahead by 278 gold.

Garen at 15:00

Typical gap to Brand, from 41 games that reached 15:00.

Does Garen counter Brand?

Too close to call. Garen sits at 37% over 41 games, so neither pick counters the other here. The lane goes to whoever wins the spots below, like the gold lead at 10:00 or staying alive until 15:00, so play for those and let the pick argument go.

How to beat Brand as Garen

The median first death in this lane comes at 6:33; the level 6 spike lands around 5:15. Respect the all-in window until your spike is online.

What does Garen build in Mid?

The most-finished Garen core is Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder: 55.9% across 800 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 (4,430 games).

Skill plan: Garen players max E first and take E at level 1.

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