Garen vs Ornn

Garen
vs
49.9%

over 2596 games

Ornn

Skill matchup

Very tankyHeavy CCHeavy AP damageStrong engage

Build vs Ornn

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Garen: Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder, Berserker's Greaves, Dead Man's Plate, Black Cleaver, 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
Dead Man's Plate
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot93%
FlashTeleport4%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Dead Man's Plate
Black Cleaver
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Lord Dominik's Regards
Infinity Edge
Force of Nature
Sterak's Gage
Executioner's Calling
Spear of Shojin
B. F. Sword
Serrated Dirk
Randuin's Omen
Serpent's Fang
Voltaic Cyclosword
Death's Dance
Hullbreaker
Trinity Force
Tiamat
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Immortal Shieldbow
Kaenic Rookern
Guardian Angel
Bramble Vest
Endless Hunger
Thornmail
Stormrazor
The Collector
52.2% WR475 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

Ornn's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Living Forge (P)

Ornn gains an additional bonus Armor and Magic Resist from all sources.Ornn can spend gold to forge non-consumable items anywhere.Additionally, he can create masterwork items for himself and for his allies.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
39s12s14s–
68s12s14s2m20
97s11.5s14s2m20
117s11s14s2m
167s10s13s1m40
187s10s12s1m40

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 Ornn

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Stay away from walls and his pillar

    Don't stand near a wall or the Volcanic Rupture (Q) pillar: if he slams into it with Searing Charge (E), enemies around him take a knock-up.

  2. Get out of his breath

    Get out of Bellows Breath (W) before the final burst of flame: it makes you brittle, and his CC then lasts 30% longer on you.

  3. Keep him in combat in lane

    Hit him regularly in lane: while he's being attacked, he can't forge his items on the spot with Living Forge (passive).

  4. Dodge the redirected elemental

    When he recasts Call of the Forge God (R), get out of the elemental's line: redirected, it knocks the first champion it hits into the air, then the next ones.

Patch 16.21.1