Garen vs Sion in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Decimating Smash is his biggest burst — pop your W through the knock-up as it lands. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPGARENThe Might of Demacia

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPSIONThe Undead Juggernaut

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Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

W his Q

Decimating Smash is his biggest damage and he slams it the instant you're airborne, so time your W onto it — its tenacity shrugs off the knock-up.

Punish W on cooldown

Trade when Soul Furnace (W) is down — that shield eats a massive chunk of your damage, so wait it out, then stack Grasp on him.

Deny the good death

Kill him only when no wave is nearby — a 'good death' lets his passive clear the wave and TP back, and Garen can't run TP to match it.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never trade into his W — Soul Furnace absorbs a huge amount of damage, especially against Garen.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 54% WR - 1.0k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
		Q							Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
	E			E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXE→Q→W

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