MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Garen vs Cassiopeia
How often does Garen beat Cassiopeia in Top?
Garen into Cassiopeia in Top: 50% observed win rate across 186 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 568 gold.
Garen at 15:00
- Gold: -568
- CS: -22
- XP: -336
Typical gap to Cassiopeia, from 186 games that reached 15:00.
Does Garen counter Cassiopeia?
No counter here: Garen sits at 50% over 186 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 Cassiopeia: the Garen game plan
A gold lead at 10:00 puts Garen at 63% across 48 games. Flip the lead and Garen falls to 45% across 138.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 63% | 48 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 45% | 138 |
| First blood | 55% | 77 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 56% | 55 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 61% | 46 |
Someone usually dies here around 4:47 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:44. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Garen's Top build, with receipts
Into Cassiopeia specifically, Garen finishes Stridebreaker first most often: 51.5% over 99 games of this matchup.
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.