Garen Build Guide by Palthios

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Spin to Crit S3 v2

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by johnnyg » August 16, 2012 7:08pm | Report

i like it. Does feel a bit weaker beginning but your spin works well all game now. I haven't really changed anything. Swapping Boots of Swiftness for something else feels too slow. Palthios can you give us a quick update on your thoughts of items. Im testing out Last Whisper, Bloodthirster etc intead of Atmas/ Zekes but its hard as most games end by then. Also in the forums everyone is talking about buy Maw of Mortimus for Garen why would that be?

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by Akumis » August 17, 2012 5:36pm | Report

WaT30 wrote:
And I should mention, with reduced damage at first level, maybe putting Marks of Strength is a better choice now.


I've had a lot of success with ArP reds and MS quints. Garen isn't thrashing and zoning people out early game like he did a week ago, so playing smart and letting your opponent push until you can freeze the lane just out of turret range will let you spin farm safely, heal with passive, and focus on your mid game, where you will start curbstomping with your IE. Garen's damage output mid game with a modest amount of ArP is insane, and IMO worth the trade off of a relatively weak early game.

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by Lilarcor » August 17, 2012 6:47pm | Report

Kinda like this new build, rune set, masteries with Garen. I know I'll do much better with him once the patch comes to our server. Time to go all out and become a killing machine again. 0 deaths? no problem. 20 + kills? again no problem. :D


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by SRSAirbag » August 17, 2012 6:59pm | Report

Someone maybe have already asked this question. But I mean why wit's end

IK that it is very good for auto-attacks and to get that extra magic resistance which works oh so nicely with courage, but would't Maw of Malmortius be better? I find myself more often than not, spinning than auto-attacking, because of the aoe damage. And Maw would give lots more attack damage, and more magic resistance.

Btw ^^ was when I tried your build, now i use my own! But i still love yours.




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by johnnyg » August 17, 2012 8:25pm | Report

like i said i haven't changed a thing and am still getting 20-30 kills a game. Keen to practice different gear just so hard as the games end after phantom dancer.

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by Lilarcor » August 18, 2012 1:41am | Report

I think why he used Wit's End instead of Maw of Malmortius is that the difference between the price, magic resistance from Wit's End gains additional 5 MR per hit up to 4 stacks, gives attack speed and gives magic damage. I'm not going to argue about the damage it can give Garen but it still depends on the player whether he/she understands or not and there are other players who also says this item is also good on Garen so that's it. lol

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Either way this build is good. Still, now that Garen's Decisive Strike can now critically strike, I'll just try to use your old build to critically strike my enemies. lol I'll troll and try Garenplank after the patch comes out on our server. lol


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by Xenotechie » August 18, 2012 2:03am | Report

Well, this was pretty quick. As said before numerous times, Maw of Malmortius should probably be at least an option if you want to rely more on Judgment in the late game. Another thing about the build is that I haven't seen a mention of Guardian Angel. It alone with the runes you have gives you the armor and magic resistance close to the ones old Courage used to give. As for the rest of the guide, well, no complaints there. You only need to update the scores to match the new build, but that will take time.


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by Palthios » August 18, 2012 2:04am | Report

SRSAirbag wrote:

Someone maybe have already asked this question. But I mean why wit's end

IK that it is very good for auto-attacks and to get that extra magic resistance which works oh so nicely with courage, but would't Maw of Malmortius be better? I find myself more often than not, spinning than auto-attacking, because of the aoe damage. And Maw would give lots more attack damage, and more magic resistance.

Btw ^^ was when I tried your build, now i use my own! But i still love yours.


My reasons for using Wit's End are clearly explained in the guide. But Im growing less and less fond of Maw as its insanely over priced. The Hexdrinker portion of the item is great. 25 AD, 30 magic res and a spell shield for 1400 gold is an incredible value. But look at the stat difference of Hexdrinker and Maw. Your paying 1900 gold for an extra 25 AD and 6 magic res. To get any additional value out of the item you need to be near death. Its a total rip off unless youre playing a champ that thrives on near death experiences like Olaf.


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by Palthios » August 18, 2012 2:30am | Report

I addded a sub section to "Build" called "Why dont you use these items?"


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by Lilarcor » August 18, 2012 2:42am | Report

Gonna check it out. BTW Palth I laready sent you the video in skype. Check it out if you have the time. :)


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