Garen vs K'Sante

Garen
vs
55.3%

over 2531 games

K'Sante

Favorable matchup

Very tankyHeavy AD damageHeavy CCSplit push

Build vs K'Sante

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Garen: Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder, Berserker's Greaves, Black Cleaver, Dead Man's Plate, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Lord Dominik's Regards.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Stridebreaker
1
Phantom Dancer
2
Mortal Reminder
3

Standard

Berserker's Greaves
4AS
Black Cleaver
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot95%
FlashTeleport3%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Black Cleaver
Dead Man's Plate
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Lord Dominik's Regards
Infinity Edge
Spear of Shojin
Serpent's Fang
Sterak's Gage
Executioner's Calling
Force of Nature
B. F. Sword
Serrated Dirk
Tiamat
Death's Dance
Randuin's Omen
Voltaic Cyclosword
Hullbreaker
Trinity Force
Guardian Angel
Thornmail
Endless Hunger
The Collector
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Maw of Malmortius
Sunfire Aegis
Bramble Vest
Serylda's Grudge
56.0% WR341 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
TriumphTriumph
Legend: HasteLegend: Haste
Last StandLast Stand
SorcerySorcery
Axiom ArcanistAxiom Arcanist
CelerityCelerity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

K'Sante's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Dauntless Instinct (P)

K'Sante's Abilities mark targets to take more damage on his next Attack.When All Out, K'Sante deals more damage with all Attacks and Abilities.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
33.5s14s10s–
63.5s14s10s2m
93.5s13s10s2m
113.5s12s10s1m40
163.5s10s9s1m20
183.5s10s8s1m20

Playing as Garen

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Silence, spin, back off

    Trade with Decisive Strike (Q), then Judgment (E), and back off: the Decisive Strike silence stops your opponent from answering with spells.

  2. Stay closest to your opponent

    During Judgment (E), stay closer to your opponent than to their minions: the nearest enemy takes extra damage.

  3. Back off to regenerate

    After a trade, back off until Perseverance (passive) kicks in: without recent damage taken, you regenerate part of your health every second.

  4. Courage just before impact

    Activate Courage (W) just before the bulk of the damage: you first gain a shield and tenacity, then a longer damage reduction.

  5. Save your R to finish

    Save Demacian Justice (R) to finish: its true damage grows with the target's missing health.

Playing against K'Sante

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Dodge his third Q

    After two Ntofo Strikes (Q) hit you, back off or dodge the next one: it becomes a shockwave that stuns and pulls.

  2. Step out of his charge's line

    When he charges Path Maker (W), get out of its line: nothing stops him while he charges, then he rams straight ahead and his dash knocks back and stuns.

  3. Don't fight with your back to a wall

    Don't fight with your back to a wall when he has All Out (R): if he knocks you into it, you go through, he hits you again and follows, far from your team.

  4. Focus him during his R

    Focus him during All Out (R): he loses max health, bonus armor and bonus magic resist, but heals off his damage, so don't drag it out.

Patch 16.21.1