Garen vs Heimerdinger in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his stun grenade lights up every turret at once — eat one out of position and you evaporate. 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 · TOPHEIMERDINGERthe Revered Inventor

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Block his grenade

His grenade activates his turrets to burst you — use W to readjust and let the tenacity dodge the turret shots.

All-in near 50%

There's no killing him until he takes turret or minion aggro and drops to around 50% HP — then flash on him.

Don't CS grenade-open

Never walk up for CS under tower without W while he still has his stun grenade up.

✕ DON'T

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Walk up for CS under tower without W while his stun grenade is available.

Runes

PRECISIONmatchup page

RESOLVEoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 56% WR - 285 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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