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Garen vs Zoe

What is Garen's win rate vs Zoe?

In Top, Garen wins 43% against Zoe across 58 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 behind by 500 gold.

Garen at 15:00

Typical gap to Zoe, from 58 games that reached 15:00.

Does Garen counter Zoe?

Too close to call. Garen sits at 43% over 58 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 Zoe as Garen

The median first death in this lane comes at 3:23; the level 6 spike lands around 5:34. 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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