Garen Build Guide by LiberatorXZ

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League of Legends Build Guide Author LiberatorXZ

Garen - The King of Solo Top

Last updated on September 20, 2012

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Quote \| PM \| +Rep by LordAdrian » May 11, 2012 5:28am \| Report VOTED +1 Nice guide! Well written, nice bbcoding, the only thing i am not really a fan of is how your items at the end are leading to AD carrying. Is that what you are shooting for, or a tank build (because Garen is a tank)? Either way, +1 from me, nice job. If my feedback helped, then feel free to +Rep me and check out my guides! In-Depth Jax Guide / Teemo Guide (Both Guides in Top 10!) Thanks for the sigs: Jhoihoi, Xiron, Leipetaco, Sarcasm, LaCorpse, Nyoike, and Myself!	LordAdrian Notable (25) Posts: 157 Joined: 2012-04-18 IGN: xAdriano on NA View My Blog

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by MajorLoL » May 11, 2012 1:47pm \| Report VOTED +1 Heh, I wouldn't call him the KING of solotop. I mean he roflstomps a LOT of people but he has his counters. A good Teemo can even mess with him XD. Anyways nicely coded guide. My problem is the guide is very short, implying a lack of info. Add more gameplay info and techniques and then you'll have a quality guide. Only problem with the build is rushing Last Whisper is utterly silly. People won't have enough armor to make it worth the money if you buy it that early. Move that item behind Infinity Edge at least. Also you may need to add a little more defense, anybody who's fed with decent DPS would be able to kite you or just plain out damage you with so little defense. Other than that, good job :) Thanks to Rys Aberdeen, Jhoijhoi, The_Nameless_Bard, Arcana3, and Miss Maw for the sigs! Remember to +Rep me if I helped you out!	MajorLoL <Scout> Prominent (114) Posts: 478 Joined: 2011-09-22 IGN: Maj0rskills on NA View My Blog

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by Fulundry » May 13, 2012 1:47pm \| Report Some things to think about: Runes: you get better dps when you mix ad with armor pen. I generally go ad marks and armor pen quints, or vice versa. Not a necessary change, but I think it helps Skills: you accidentally put 6 ranks in your W, and 2 in your ult. I'm sure you didn't mean to, but an easy fix. Also, judgement is much more powerful at early levels; I'd advise putting more ranks in it earlier. Items: First, don't get a longsword before you complete Frozen Mallet. There's no reason to delay completing an item with a low level purchase. Second, I'd advise against Last Whisper in general. If you are looking for armor pen, get Youmuu's Ghostblade. That gives you cooldown (something a cd character really needs), armor pen, ad, crit chance, and an excellent active. A perfect item for Garen, imo. Your coding is really excellent throughout most of the guide, but towards the end, you tail off. It looks like you got somewhat tired of writing it, but those sections can certainly be expanded. Your early tips and tricks are very good; it would be nice to see the whole guide match it. A very good guide overall. I'll check back on it, and if you can fix some of these things, I'll be happy to upvote it. If I'm reviewing your guide, it'd be nice to return the favor. Gangplank--Pirate for a Day Many thanks to The_Nameless_Bard for the great sig	Fulundry Prominent (67) Posts: 265 Joined: 2012-02-22 IGN: Geckle

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by LiberatorXZ » May 14, 2012 3:48pm \| Report LordAdrian wrote: Nice guide! Well written, nice bbcoding, the only thing i am not really a fan of is how your items at the end are leading to AD carrying. Is that what you are shooting for, or a tank build (because Garen is a tank)? Either way, +1 from me, nice job. Thanks for your feed back and your vote! In this build, I'm aiming to make Garen an AD Carry. However he does need to be too tanky, but I wanted him to have at least some health and armor so I added Frozen Mallet and Atma's Impaler.	LiberatorXZ Posts: 4 Joined: 2011-12-07 IGN: LiberatorX on NA

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by LiberatorXZ » May 14, 2012 3:50pm \| Report MajorLoL wrote: Heh, I wouldn't call him the KING of solotop. I mean he roflstomps a LOT of people but he has his counters. A good Teemo can even mess with him XD. Anyways nicely coded guide. My problem is the guide is very short, implying a lack of info. Add more gameplay info and techniques and then you'll have a quality guide. Only problem with the build is rushing Last Whisper is utterly silly. People won't have enough armor to make it worth the money if you buy it that early. Move that item behind Infinity Edge at least. Also you may need to add a little more defense, anybody who's fed with decent DPS would be able to kite you or just plain out damage you with so little defense. Other than that, good job :) Thanks for your feed back and vote! You do have a point there, maybe I should change the tittle. I do agree with you, the guide is short. I'll think about your tips and add them in. Plus you do have another good point there about rushing Last Whisper. I may move it behind Infinity Edge or somewhere else behind that.	LiberatorXZ Posts: 4 Joined: 2011-12-07 IGN: LiberatorX on NA

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by LiberatorXZ » May 14, 2012 3:53pm \| Report Fulundry wrote: Some things to think about: Runes: you get better dps when you mix ad with armor pen. I generally go ad marks and armor pen quints, or vice versa. Not a necessary change, but I think it helps Skills: you accidentally put 6 ranks in your W, and 2 in your ult. I'm sure you didn't mean to, but an easy fix. Also, judgement is much more powerful at early levels; I'd advise putting more ranks in it earlier. Items: First, don't get a Long Sword before you complete Frozen Mallet. There's no reason to delay completing an item with a low level purchase. Second, I'd advise against Last Whisper in general. If you are looking for armor pen, get Youmuu's Ghostblade. That gives you cooldown (something a cd character really needs), armor pen, ad, crit chance, and an excellent active. A perfect item for Garen, imo. Your coding is really excellent throughout most of the guide, but towards the end, you tail off. It looks like you got somewhat tired of writing it, but those sections can certainly be expanded. Your early tips and tricks are very good; it would be nice to see the whole guide match it. A very good guide overall. I'll check back on it, and if you can fix some of these things, I'll be happy to upvote it. Thanks for catching my mistake! I never really tried leveling up Judgment to level 3+ or anything at a low level. I'll test it out your your tips and probably add it in if it works out great! For the Long Sword, I added that in because I thought if you don't have enough money to buy Frozen Mallet yet even though it shouldn't cost that much by the time you buy Phage, you should buy that because might as well get some more AD. As for Youmuu's Ghostblade, I think that's a great idea! It definitely works great with Garen with all those stats combined! In the end I really didn't know what else to write, I'll try to think of more tips in the end. Thanks for your advice, I'll work on your tips right now!	LiberatorXZ Posts: 4 Joined: 2011-12-07 IGN: LiberatorX on NA

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by abyss03 » May 27, 2012 5:47am \| Report VOTED +1 Tried this a couple of times and it kicks ***, thanks man.	abyss03 Posts: 0 Joined: 2011-10-09 IGN: Abyss003

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