Garen vs Naafiri

Garen
vs
Not enough games
Naafiri
Heavy AD damageHigh burstDive threatSplit push

Build vs Naafiri

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Garen: Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder, Berserker's Greaves, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature, Infinity Edge.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Stridebreaker
1
Phantom Dancer
2
Mortal Reminder
3

Standard

Berserker's Greaves
4AS
Youmuu's Ghostblade
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot95%
FlashHaste3%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Force of Nature
Infinity Edge
Serpent's Fang
Sterak's Gage
66.7% WR6 games
SorcerySorcery
Stormraider's SurgeStormraider's Surge
Axiom ArcanistAxiom Arcanist
CelerityCelerity
Gathering StormGathering Storm
ResolveResolve
Second WindSecond Wind
OvergrowthOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Naafiri's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

We Are More (P)

Naafiri spawns packmates that attack the targets of her attacks and abilities.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
39s26s11s–
68s26s11s1m50
97s24s11s1m50
117s22s11s1m35
167s18s9s1m20
187s18s7s1m20

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 Naafiri

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Dodge her daggers

    Dodge Darkin Daggers (Q): her pack leaps onto the first champion hit, and the second dagger hits harder if you're already bleeding.

  2. Kill her pack with AoE spells

    If you have AoE spells, hit her pack too: each packmate killed lowers her damage. Do it before Eviscerate (E) calls them back and heals them.

  3. Wait out The Call of the Pack

    Save your targeted spells for after The Call of the Pack (W): for a brief moment, she and her pack are untargetable.

  4. Don't wander alone

    Avoid crossing the map alone against her: Hounds' Pursuit (R) lets her dash onto a champion from range, and a takedown lets her recast it.

Patch 16.21.1