There are some champions in League of Legends that are hated by many parts of the community. These often include simple champions that lower-ranked players find difficult to deal with. Currently, a simple champion is dominating a lane where he doesn’t really belong.
Which champion is it about? When a champion in LoL is hated by many players, it is often for one of two reasons. He is too complex that players have to fully understand the abilities, or the champion is so simple that you get upset if you die against him.
Garen is a champion who belongs to the second category. His kit is super simple and you don’t have to understand much. He also has some tools that help him survive in the laning phase. Even the professionals have discovered him this year. He currently seems to be quite successful with weaker players in the lower ranks. Even in a lane he doesn’t really belong in.
An insider tip for lower ranks
How successful is cooking currently? If you look at Garen’s current stats on U.GG, you’ll see that he’s doing pretty well in Bronze and Silver – especially in the midlane, which is more associated with mages and AP champions.
That’s a pretty high win rate, even if you keep in mind that he doesn’t see much play in the midlane. There he only has a pick rate of 0.6%. Still, he seems to be a pretty good lane champion that weaker players in particular have a problem with. That’s because of its simple kit.
Garen also seems to work well in higher ranks, but only in the midlane. He has a 52.55% win rate at all ranks above Emerald. On the top plane, however, Garen is pretty bad, with a win rate of just 48.8%.
Easy to understand, difficult to counter
What makes Garen so successful? on the midlane? Garen’s kit is pretty good in lane in 1v1. His passive allows him to heal himself if he doesn’t take any damage for a short period of time. This is good against midlane champions who continually attempt to damage with abilities.
His general kit is countered by many champions on the top lane, mid laners who don’t know the match-up have more problems. Especially because players are often not that good at their champions in the lower ranks. You don’t have to learn much to cook. You can focus on the lane aspects.
The patch is still quite fresh, but if you look at the last patches, Garen’s success will probably not change for the time being. After all, he isn’t played as often as other champions.
What do you think of cooking? Do you find it too dull or do you have no problems with it at all? Write it to us in the comments. The opposite also happens in LoL. There are complex champions that are played primarily by professionals. A new champion from 2024 was changed because of this: LoL: A new champion has to be changed after less than 6 months because professionals are simply too good