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Garen vs Katarina

What is Garen's win rate vs Katarina?

In Top, Garen wins 67% against Katarina across 48 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 756 gold.

Garen at 15:00

Typical gap to Katarina, from 48 games that reached 15:00.

Does Garen counter Katarina?

Yes. Garen wins 67% of 48 ranked Top games into Katarina. 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 Katarina claws it back.

How to beat Katarina as Garen

The median first death in this lane comes at 4:08; the level 6 spike lands around 5:29. Respect the all-in window until your spike is online.

What does Garen build in Top?

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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