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Garen vs Gragas
What is Garen's win rate vs Gragas?
In Top, Garen wins 55% against Gragas across 1,346 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 405 gold.
Garen at 15:00
- Gold: +405
- CS: +10
- XP: +242
Typical gap to Gragas, from 1,339 games that reached 15:00.
Does Garen counter Gragas?
Yes. Garen wins 55% of 1,346 ranked Top games into Gragas. That is a real edge in this lane, so play for it. The 10:00 rows below show how often Garen closes the game out from a lead, and how often Gragas claws it back.
How to beat Gragas as Garen
When Garen is ahead in gold at 10:00, this matchup runs 60% over 786 games; behind, it drops to 47% over 558.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 60% | 786 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 47% | 558 |
| First blood | 60% | 704 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 60% | 559 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 58% | 878 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 63% | 368 |
| 0 deaths at 15:00 | 62% | 185 |
The median first death in this lane comes at 6:33; the level 6 spike lands around 5:22. Respect the all-in window until your spike is online.
What does Garen build in Top?
Into Gragas specifically, Garen finishes Stridebreaker first most often: 54.3% over 602 games of this matchup.
The most-finished core in this exact matchup is Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder: 59.5% across 121 games.
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.