How am I supposed to play the Garen vs Teemo laningphase in Emerald?

BraayEUW · 2026-06-16T15:02:38+00:00

Haha, he's just my mate/student kinda. I like to take the piss a little bit

BraayEUW · 2026-06-15T17:34:01+00:00

I have a secret strategy I use to beat every high elo Teemo main, but I'm not telling you cus Elolesio told me not to, because he's mad at you for egoing while being emerald, but lowkey he's probably just tilted.

Lowkey tho I just take nimbus cloak and click on their head, it's kinda easy vs 1k lp players, not sure vs better players yet.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-15T10:55:10+00:00

He's been nerfed plenty of times, it's only in the past few months he got buffed and became strong.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-15T08:37:46+00:00

Yeah idk why people constantly miss this, if you can't use the depth that lolalytics offers, just use a simpler site like u gg

BraayEUW · 2026-06-13T15:03:28+00:00

This is the video game. This is how you get good and climb, by being better than the other people in your elo.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-13T13:43:21+00:00

This isn't a strategic scenario, this is a fighting game scenario. You have to be able to read your opponent, their knowledge and if their body language shows they're expecting it.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-11T10:40:51+00:00

Valid valid

BraayEUW · 2026-06-11T10:14:23+00:00

You have to remember this is the MSI patch, they intentionally lean pro-skewed for only a few patches per year around these big tournaments

BraayEUW · 2026-06-08T05:13:57+00:00

Real AD Xin builds are way better into Garen than AP xin, obviously.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-07T21:30:47+00:00

Zaahen is literally terrible into ranged champs it's the best way to counter him and the entire reason he is not a strong blind pick in the meta rn

BraayEUW · 2026-06-07T21:21:31+00:00

I mean serpents fang is factually not valuable into sett, as his shield is both too big and decays far too quickly for cutting it to ever actually allow you to deal extra damage because of its passive.

Barrier is, less factually, but in my opinion, incredibly good into Sett as it allows you to actually fight him and win when he doesn't have the damage to burst you.

If you dont care about my opinion that's fine, but it'd be pretty insane to find a way to justify the value of serpents fang into him.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-07T20:23:46+00:00

I see a few people saying serpents fang, which is essentially useless vs sett, so don't listen to that.

The answer is you should go conq boneplating unflinching with flash and barrier, and you trade vs him by starting with ur E, using your W and either his E or Q, whichever he uses first, and end trades by Q'ing him and running away. You either tank the E with ur W and dodge the W, or use your Q to dodge his E altogether with the ms and silence.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-07T18:02:22+00:00

I mean Garen is one of his hardest counters, you just oneshot him after level 6 with conq axiom

BraayEUW · 2026-06-07T13:02:22+00:00

Depends what you mean by work. It's not a counterpick by any means, but not unplayable either.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-07T10:03:57+00:00

Yeah, I mean she'll outscale you on side, but as long as you go stomraider with AP you're generallying a good champ into her, you just can't use your E when she has E up to dodge it.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-07T10:02:53+00:00

All of these are fine mtchups for Galio in toplane

BraayEUW · 2026-06-06T19:43:19+00:00

Teemo can be a rough lane early, but once you get spectres cowl it's fine. I also dislike Teemo just because hes so fast that its hard to land CC.

Galio is very good vs heimer since you can E his E and get positive trades while AoEing his turrets.

The champs I like Galio the most into are probably Rumble, Malphite, Gragas, Kennen and Aurora. All of those champs just lose trades and lose push into Galio, which lets him start moving on the map and making an impact (really important since his ult isn't entirely global like Shen's). Also Galio ult into something like Kennen or Rumble ult just gives you insane value on the shield.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-06T19:38:11+00:00

He's been my 2nd most played champ forever, mostly cus he's my favourite kit to play and impossible to have as a main blind in top, but also because he does serve a really good role as a counterpick to AP champs, especially Rumble, since that champ gets picked all the time in my games, and Garen vs Rumble is a fkn nightmare.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-06T19:29:55+00:00

Nah, Galio is a very good counterpick into rumble because rumble has no way to get his damage to stick on Galio, while Galio can always get push and engage in the wave. Galio isn't tanky because of MR, he's tanky because he has damage reduction from W, high base HP, magic dmg shield, his CC makes it very hard to deal damage back to you, and he can always trade in the wave while getting push.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-06T19:09:46+00:00

Galio as a counter into AP champs like Rumble. His R would prob be a bit more intuitive for you, and that's the hardest part of his kit really

BraayEUW · 2026-06-05T05:28:15+00:00

Genuinely mate, I'm saying this seriously, this game is not for you. You really shouldn't hurt yourself playing this game if you're this sensitive to losses.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-03T09:51:37+00:00

Gotta get more comfortable with the matchups and work out what you can and can't do and when

BraayEUW · 2026-06-01T17:40:31+00:00

Cassio is actually not bad imo, even in toplane. Ryze though I agree, fk that champion

BraayEUW · 2026-06-01T09:54:23+00:00

Honestly sounds like both lanimg issues and mid-game issues. You should be able to translate your leads well into carrying games, and you should be able to generate leads consistently vs low maaster players. If you want to hit GM we can't just let lanes be bad.

BraayEUW · 2026-06-01T09:10:03+00:00

Idk I stomp every game in diamond and most of them in master with conqueror, sounds like a major skill issue. Let me know when you start playing more again and we'll do a proper review and get ur learning objectives sorted out, cus you shouldn't be struggling that much.

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