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Garen beats Akali if he's smart and carries a pink ward (even without a pink ward too, unless the Akali is really good at farming under tower), but he has to be careful because if Akali gets even one kill (ie jungler) then Akali can basically win.

I don't care about Riven, she loses unless she starts with boots + 3 movement speed quints + movement speed mastery in utility tree.

Note: This is from ~1300 elo play, aka Silver League.

You have to poke and stay the hell away from bushes and his q if you want to win against Garen.

Honestly, I feel as if Akali can trade off against Garen. I played this match up a couple of times and what I would do is Q Garen every opportunity I'd get so he'd almost always have a mark on him. When he does try to go for a Q, I generally start running, but if he's about to hit, I proc the mark and continue running. I think Akali's move speed is naturally faster than Garen's, so unless he starts off boots, you should avoid most of his E. In any case, constantly marking him then procing it when he does engage usually either has a fair or higher trade off in Akali's favor from what I've seen.

The most recent one Garen had several pink wards, but I still managed to out trade him (21/9/0 masteries) and won 2-0 before being constantly dived 3 man ganks with mid lane feeding :V.

Also Riven can easily Ki Burst -> AA -> Broken Wings away before Garen can hit his Q.