Garen vs Singed

Garen
vs
50.4%

over 595 games

Singed

Skill matchup

Heavy AP damageSplit pushHeavy pokeVery tanky

Build vs Singed

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

FlashDot89%
FlashTeleport5%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Dead Man's Plate
Force of Nature
Infinity Edge
Sterak's Gage
Executioner's Calling
Lord Dominik's Regards
Black Cleaver
B. F. Sword
Serrated Dirk
Voltaic Cyclosword
Spear of Shojin
Death's Dance
Randuin's Omen
Serpent's Fang
Maw of Malmortius
Hullbreaker
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Kaenic Rookern
Guardian Angel
Endless Hunger
Trinity Force
Tiamat
Immortal Shieldbow
The Collector
Edge of Night
Stormrazor
56.9% WR137 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

Singed's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Noxious Slipstream (P)

Singed drafts off nearby champions, gaining a burst of Move Speed when passing them.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
30s17s10s–
60s17s10s1m40
90s16s10s1m40
110s15s10s1m40
160s13s9s1m40
180s13s8s1m40

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 Singed

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Don't chase him

    Don't chase Singed: behind him, Poison Trail (Q) damages you every second, and that's what he wants.

  2. Get out of his glue fast

    Get out of Mega Adhesive (W) fast: the glue slows and grounds you, so you can't dash.

  3. Keep your distance

    If you're ranged, keep your distance: Fling (E) only works in melee range, and it throws you behind him, toward his allies.

  4. CC on him, damage on them

    If you have CC, use it on Singed when he dives, then hit his allies: he's hard to bring down, but he has to come into melee range.

Patch 16.21.1