Garen is back in TFT with his huge sword, but this time he is a costly champion that costs 4 gold, but he is truly worth it as he knows exactly what to do with his huge blade and his armour outfit.
Garen is a really strong champion, as he is known for how he can stand and sustain tonnes of damage in the frontline, and his skill is really great as he stuns the largest group of enemies, which makes him one of the highest CCs in TFT right now.
In this article, we will talk about everything related to Garen and how you can best place him in TFT to make sure you climb the ladder and win your games.
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Garen is always the best choice when it comes to a champion with 4 gold that you need to place in the frontlines, and he can sync with many combos with his Defender trait.
Garen is also used as a Mecha: Prime champion, as he can solo carry the game as he almost takes no damage and gets really huge!
Garen’s stats, traits, items, and everything related to him will be discussed below to make sure you always look stunning!
Best Garen builds in TFT Set 8.5
Garen’s stats
- Cost: 4
- Health: 1050 / 1890 / 3402
- Mana: 200
- Starting Mana: 100
- Armor: 60
- MR: 60
- DPS: 48 / 86 / 156
- Damage: 80 / 144 / 259
- Atk Spd: 0.6
- Crit Rate: 25%
- Range: 1
Garen’s traits
1-Mecha: PRIME
Use the Mecha selector item to choose a PRIME. Combat start: the PRIME combines with the 2 nearest Mecha, absorbing 100% of their Base Health.
- 3 The PRIME gains 60 Ability Power and 60% Attack Damage
- 5 All Mechas gain 55 Ability Power and 55% Attack Damage; The PRIME gains double this amount.
2-Defender
Your team gains bonus Armor, and Defenders gain more.
- 2 +25 Armor, +50 for Defenders
- 4 +70 Armor, +150 for Defenders
- 6 +180 Armor, +400 for Defenders
Garen’s ability
Mecha Justice
Garen brings his sword down on a nearby enemy, dealing physical damage to enemies within 2 hexes and stunning them.
- Damage: 140/140/325%
- Stun: 2/2.25/6 seconds
Carousel priority:
These are the components you would need to focus on since the very first circle in order as you will need them to build up the required items for the team in most of the comps you will find bellow:
Garen’s best items
1-Warmog's Armor
Grant 500 bonus health.
2-Sunfire Cape
Grant 100 bonus Health. Every 2 seconds, an enemy within 2 hexes is 10% Burned and 33% Wounded for 10 seconds.
3-Redemption
Heal allies within 1 hex for 15% of their missing Health every 5 seconds. They also take 25% less multi-target damage for 5 seconds (damage reduction does not stack).
Best comps for Garen
3) SURELY SHOT
Synergies:
- 7 InfiniTeam
- 3 Sureshot
- 2 Defender
- 1 Ace
This is a quick level 8 reroll with a pretty strong economy. Try to level up 1-3 gold champions at this time because they will be quite valuable to your squad.
Top team in this competition:
1-Pantheon has the Heart trait in common with Lee Sin and the InfiniTeam trait with his pals Shen and Lucian, which enables him to inflict greater damage.
2-Shen would share the Defender trait with Garen and the InfiniTeam trait with Lucian and Pantheon, enabling them to have double portals.
3-Lucian gets added to the InfiniTeam as a member.
4-Samira, who possesses both the Sureshot and Ace traits, would be the primary damage dealer.
5-Due to the fact that he and Samira both possess the InfiniTeam and Sureshot traits, Ultimate Ezreal is a really powerful and expensive option.
6-Because he possesses the InfiniTeam trait, Twisted Fate is a significant source of damage because he can deal a lot of damage with his cards.
7-Garen's Defender attribute makes him a potent frontline.
8-As the third member of Sureshot and the seventh member of InfiniTeam, Sivir is an essential choice for your combo.
2) MECHA THREAT
Synergies:
- 5 Mecha: Prime
- 3 Threat
- 2 Defender
- 1 Ace
The goal of this quick level 8 reroll is to level up Wukong and Draven before they reach high levels. followed by an emphasis on Prime champions.
Top team in this competition:
1-Rammus is a tank with the ability to knock up a whole circle of enemies with his passive, lowering their attack damage. He is an extremely effective member of the Threat trait as a result.
2-Morgana is a fantastic choice for the squad since she will bring significant crowd control and do some amazing damage.
3-Another threat member with a high damage output and high damage resistance is Aatrox.
4-Your primary damage dealer and frontline will be Leona. Wukong and Jax will give her a lot more health when she consumes them.
5-While Garen and Wukong activate the Defender trait, Wukong will give up all of his HP to Leona.
6-Jax will also give Leona all of his health.
7-The Ace and Mecha: Prime qualities will be activated by Draven, enabling him to deliver a ton of damage.
8-Being the second Defender and the fifth member of Mecha: Prime, Garen is a very powerful frontline soldier.
1) DEFEND THE YORDLES
Synergies:
- 5 Gadgeteen
- 2 Prankster
- 2 Defender
- 2 Aegis
- 2 Ox Force
- 2 Mascot
This is an extremely labor-intensive level 8 reroll with a strong economy that aims to level up everyone with less than 4 gold, notably Gnar, who would be the major damage producer in this combination.
Top team in this competition:
1-When both Gnar and the prankster trait, which enables him to summon a dummy, are present, Gnar would do a tonne of damage and survive a lot more. Additionally, each round, he could create temporary items thanks to his gadgeteen trait.
2-Poppy, the fourth member of Gadgeteen, would make a fantastic frontline.
3-The fifth Gadgeteen member, Nunu, will provide you two more empowered items in addition to doing a lot of damage to the adversary.
4-Lulu would be the third member of the Gadgeteen, giving you a brief additional item every round.
5-Ekko has a significant impact on your squad because he possesses both the Aegis and Star Guardian characteristics.
6-Annie is one of the greatest front lines for spellslingers since she deals a lot of damage and receives a HUGE shield.
7-The properties of both Ox-Force and Aegis are present in Alistar, which is quite advantageous for your team.
8-Because he possesses the Defender trait, which increases his armour stack, Garen makes a great frontline.
