Garen vs Pantheon in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Q poke is what makes lane hard — it's tough to react to, but you must W it to mitigate the damage. 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 · TOPPANTHEONthe Unbreakable Spear

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 HardPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Block his Q

W his Q (and his W) whenever you can — his poke is hard to react to but blocking it is integral to surviving and winning trades.

Flip it after item 1

Once you finish your first item you flip the lane — he can no longer out-space your Qs, and after mythic he hates 1v1ing you, so splitpush him slowly (he has no sustain).

Hold your spin

Start trades with Q, then hold your E — if he pops his E invulnerability, don't spin until it's on cooldown; if he doesn't and he's silenced, then start your E.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never dump your spin into his E invulnerability — wait until his Aegis Assault is on cooldown or you waste the whole combo.

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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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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