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Garen vs Ekko

How often does Garen beat Ekko in Top?

Garen into Ekko in Top: 36% observed win rate across 56 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 801 gold.

Garen at 15:00

Typical gap to Ekko, from 56 games that reached 15:00.

Does Garen counter Ekko?

The count says no. Ekko holds 64% of 56 ranked Top games here. The lane is still winnable. Garen wins it back from the spots below, so learn which ones swing it before you lock in Garen against Ekko, and play for those first.

Beating Ekko: the Garen game plan

Someone usually dies here around 5:12 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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