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Second, why
However, as PsiGuard said before, Garen will definitely not beat every champion on solo top, at least as an offtank. Garen has an extreme early game damage output, but the AD ratios on his skills do not scale high enough to give him sufficient late game damage to remain a constant threat, unless you build him Spin to Crit.
Now, let's think about
More generally, when facing a long-term champion on solo top (
Shortly said:
That being said, I wish you good luck with our Demacian fighter!
Not true, but at least you're open to item suggestions. Building gold/10 like that is far from core, but it may be useful in some situations. You could include the option in your guide if you wish, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt.
Don't deceive yourself into believing that Garen is superior to all other solo tops though. He can be shut down by the right champion and build fairly easily even if the players are of equal skill. Armor runes hurt Garen HARD. I know DuffTime runs a ton of armor in his rune page when he sees he's up against a garen. If you can win the damage trade when he spins, it's really hard for garen to win the lane.
But he's not a bad champion or anything. Just remember that he has his weaknesses like every other solo top.
Thanks for commenting, maybe it's just that I haven't met anyone better I guess. Yeah, armor is a huge decline on Garen's overall damage output, in that case, armor pen is more important than flat damage. I usually don't run
True.. Garen may not be as godlike as I said he would be, but he's just that good in my opinion, played several solo tops in ranked, met people like irelia, gangplank, olaf, nasus. They just couldn't outdamage Garen. That's my observation. If I ever meet someone better, I'll try to counter and put in some more tips/tricks to outskill the opponent. Thanks for your time :)
I feel Garen has an easy laning phase and can almost dominate any other champions solo.
Not true, but at least you're open to item suggestions. Building gold/10 like that is far from core, but it may be useful in some situations. You could include the option in your guide if you wish, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt.
Don't deceive yourself into believing that Garen is superior to all other solo tops though. He can be shut down by the right champion and build fairly easily even if the players are of equal skill. Armor runes hurt Garen HARD. I know DuffTime runs a ton of armor in his rune page when he sees he's up against a garen. If you can win the damage trade when he spins, it's really hard for garen to win the lane.
But he's not a bad champion or anything. Just remember that he has his weaknesses like every other solo top.
Good job and hope to see more champion guides from you :D