I'm not gonna vote. this just seems like a tank Garen with an Infinity Edge to end up making you hit with the power of say a tanky jungler which isn't my style. It's a good ''Guide'' just the build isn't my style so no vote here

nice build
it works :-)

here the +1 :D

well done, one spelling error at masteries:

I chose 9/21/0 for his masteries because I felt the Defensive Mastery Tree synced much better with Garen than the Offensive Tree, however, you can always switch to 21/9/0, if you feel the opposite way.


+1 from me

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Something You should note: Judgment has more base damage than Decisive Strike because, each of Judgement's ''damage ticks'' happen every 1/2 second, for 3 seconds.So at level 1, Judgement has 25 damage. 25 x 6= 150 damage in 3 seconds (not counting AD scaling) while Deceive has a FREAKIN .7 better AD ratio, it's best to level 2nd as it's base damage loses out to Judgement

Nice guide, but why not max Decisive strike first? It allows for more up-front damage instead of spinning for 3 seconds. Also, rushing Warmogs, may not be the smartest idea, along with the Infinity Edge. By the point you get that it'd be late game and everyone has higher resistances. And you said yourself, Garen is not a tank, so if the enemy team decides to focus you after the carry, well then you hardly have time to spin and crit.

I have a few suggestions

1. Put on Comment To Vote
2. Add some alternative runes, such as MR runes in case mid decides to do a gank.
3. I recommend putting an Alternative Items also, because Wriggle's Lantern is a good choice for a solo top, because it gives a ward and it makes farming easier. (Just saying)
4. I also agree about the mastery tree but you already said it was a blunder.

All about I have to say when you finish your guide go ahead and Pm me.

Get points in minion reduce and indomitable. That is 4 damage less from each minion, great for trading when minions are around, freezing the lane, clearing jungles, and so on.

I know, I had accidently published it instead of saving the draft due to a mis-click and so I had to rush to finish the guide before anyone could notice (which didn't happen in this case) >.<

Thanks for pointing out my mistake in the Mastery Tree, again it was due to a blunder.

I chose Indomitable over Tough Skin because they both reduce the same amount of damage, however, Tough Skin is only limited to minions, while Indomitable reduces all damage (except true).

I don't like Doran's Blade on Garen because the life-steal is such a waste, due to the fact that it only truly benefits auto-attacking all the time (which Garen doesn't seem to do besides last-hiting). So instead I build a Brutalizer, because it benefits him much more with better stats (More AD, CDR, and ArP). An early Warmogs is good because it stacks the passive much sooner and gets him more durable early on, the lack of damage is countered from the Brutalizer mentioned earlier.

Thanks for the feedback though, I will try to improve and make less mistakes further on.

No vote for me. Although the effort is good so far, it's not even close to being done. DON'T RELEASE A GUIDE before it is done, it only leads in low votes and generally a bad time. Plus you lose out on being on the first page by the time you finish your guide.

Your Offensive Tree is impossible, you can't get ArPen with 4 points into the CD.

You should have 2 points in the minion reduce, it lowers a lot of damage while trading.

Early on, a Doran's Blade instead of the Shield is more ideal due to your high AD scaling. A fast Warmogs is rather 'weak' due to the fact that it gives you damage and it isn't the best item for Garen. Moving the Sunfire first, or some other offensive item would be much stronger, following it with the Warmogs.

Other than that, I can't comment because it isn't finished.