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Choose Champion Build:
Spells:
Exhaust
Flash
Ability Order
Perseverance (PASSIVE)
Garen Passive Ability
Updates & Reports...
29/6/12 - Added pictures to the

29/6/12 - Added a section for

29/6/12 - Added pictures to the Advantages section and updated the text content.
29/6/12 - Made a start on

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Written Update Reports
29/6/12 - I have removed



- I have focused on more Attack Damage with some extra Attack Speed, but still having a bonus of Armor Reduction Physical attacks reduce your target's Armor by 15 for 5 seconds, (maximum 3 stacks).
Welcome to the Aggressive Executioner
Garen guide.
This Guide is still being WRITTEN & UPDATED. Please do not VOTE me negative whilst information is still being provided.
There are 3 Builds here please make sure you look at all of them as my other builds have different items involved. Some stats are gained and some reduced, so pick which one you want to use.
Hello fellow summoner's my name is Shadhor and i have written this guide for players that use
Garen in League of Legends. I will cover everything in this guide to help you perform effectively with
Garen in every game. Here's a list of what we will be going through below.
. Masteries Explanation...
. Summoner Spells...
. Rune Slots...
. Skills Review...
. Item Purchases...
. Advantages...
. Disadvantages...
. Team Partners...
. Facing Your Opponents...
. Garen's Second Build (Defensive Option)...
. Garen's Third Build (Increasing Damage)...
.MORE TO BE ADDED SOON
Here is an example below of what you can do when you follow my build guide. I was using
Atma's Impaler here along with
Frozen Mallet or though i didn't get time to buy
Frozen Mallet as i was to busy ganking. You can follow my 2nd Build which involves the item setup in the picture below.
This was one of my best games scoring 40 kills and also scoring a Penta kill at the enemies base. And the funny part about it was, i was only summoner level 20. Now of course using a build is just basics, anyone can use it.
But remember executing and dominating a game takes skill which you may already have, but if not, with practice you will get to the top with
Garen and this guide.
Please read the next chapters on how to Dominate with
Garen.

I will work on doing a video Tutorial for this guide at a later date and will add it below here once i have done so. Please rate and comment, if you have any questions regarding Garen's build feel free to ask them and i will answer them to the best of my knowledge.

This Guide is still being WRITTEN & UPDATED. Please do not VOTE me negative whilst information is still being provided.
There are 3 Builds here please make sure you look at all of them as my other builds have different items involved. Some stats are gained and some reduced, so pick which one you want to use.
Hello fellow summoner's my name is Shadhor and i have written this guide for players that use


. Masteries Explanation...
. Summoner Spells...
. Rune Slots...
. Skills Review...
. Item Purchases...
. Advantages...
. Disadvantages...
. Team Partners...
. Facing Your Opponents...
. Garen's Second Build (Defensive Option)...
. Garen's Third Build (Increasing Damage)...
.MORE TO BE ADDED SOON
Here is an example below of what you can do when you follow my build guide. I was using



This was one of my best games scoring 40 kills and also scoring a Penta kill at the enemies base. And the funny part about it was, i was only summoner level 20. Now of course using a build is just basics, anyone can use it.
But remember executing and dominating a game takes skill which you may already have, but if not, with practice you will get to the top with

Please read the next chapters on how to Dominate with


I will work on doing a video Tutorial for this guide at a later date and will add it below here once i have done so. Please rate and comment, if you have any questions regarding Garen's build feel free to ask them and i will answer them to the best of my knowledge.

Mouse-over any items or abilities to see their tooltip.
Offensive Tree_______________________________________________________________________


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- 3 points in -





- Next we move to -





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- Next we move onto the Critical Strike bonus, my guide is built around maximum DPS/CRIT/ARP and this is where






- Since we use






- Time for more










- And finally

Defensive Tree_______________________________________________________________________


- 3 points in







- Finally we move onto







Utility Tree_________________________________________________________________________


- We use a point in




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- And two




- And finally the last 2 points we will be using in Utility are

- Getting back into battle quickly is the utmost of importance, but also getting back quickly means you can dominate more. Harr...Harr..

This Guide will be using the following Summoner Spells i will list the main ones to use and the alternatives which you may also use.
Spell One____________________________________________________________________________


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Spell Two____________________________________________________________________________


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Spell Three__________________________________________________________________________


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Spell Four___________________________________________________________________________


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- Using


- But if your not comfortable with it try replacing it for


- Do not use


Below are the following Runes that we will be using for this guide. This guide was made for level 30 Champion having the maximum runes, and masteries. You may still use this guide below level 30 but you will just have to use the required runes for your level and add the points in your talent tree up to what you can do.
- You will need 3 - Greater Quintessence of Desolation
- You will need 9 -
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist
- You will need 9 -
Greater Seal of Armor
- You will need 9 - Greater Mark of Desolation






Here i will be explaining Garen's Abilities and when the right time to use them.
- Perseverance
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Perseverance is
Garens basic ability restoring health upon not receiving any damage for several seconds, this is basically like an infinite
Health Potion that most champions have to buy to restore their health.
- If you need health go to a safe zone such as your
Turret to restore, this way your keeping your
Turret safe but also being healed in the process.
- If you don't wish to do that, then make sure you stay behind your
Minions you wont receive damage and will heal in the process as well, but you will be vulnerable to enemy attackers. The risk is of your own.
- Decisive Strike - Sequence 2,8,10,12,13
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Decisive Strike This spell is very effective, it increases your movement speed along with silencing your target and gains attack damage. Silencing is great for (example) when
Fiddlesticks is draining life from you hit
Decisive Strike and it will stop him. Works on most Champions Always use this when engaging enemies. Spell will become more powerful when you level up.
- Judgment - Sequence 1,3,5,7,9,
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Judgment
Garen Spins his sword around hitting anything in his path this is very damaging, but not only is it good for damage it is useful from removing any slow effects that may have been put on you. Using
Judgment will remove those effects.
- Use this spell to slice down
Minions but if there are enemies around save your
Judgment for them if they see you use it and you don't hit them that will be their chance to strike and you will be on Cooldown. This spell will become more powerful as you level up.
- Courage - Sequence 4,14,15,17,18
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Courage is very useful it not only puts a defensive
Shield on your champion but also it increases your
armor and magic
Resistance
. Always use this when killing
Minions and always use it when you engage an enemy. This spell will also become more stronger as you level up.
- Demacian Justice - Sequence 6,11,16
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Demacian Justice This is your Ultimate Ability and will be available at level 6 and is known as Garen's Execution spell. Whilst dealing damage to your target with
Judgment and
Decisive Strike once your target is at quarter health finish them off with Damacian Justice. This spell becomes more powerful as you level up in game. You can make this more powerful at level 11 and then finally level 16.

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- If you need health go to a safe zone such as your


- If you don't wish to do that, then make sure you stay behind your


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- Use this spell to slice down



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-



This is my list of first to last items you should be buying with your Gold in game.
1.
Doran's Blade - 475g
2.
Doran's Blade - 475g
3.
Boots - 350g
4.
Doran's Blade - 475g
5.
B. F. Sword - 1650g
6.
Boots of Swiftness - 650g
7.
Infinity Edge - 2180g
8.
Phantom Dancer - 2845g
9.
Black Cleaver - 2865g
10.
Youmuu's Ghostblade - 2687g
11.
The Brutalizer - 1337g
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In this Section i will go over the Advantages of using this Build.
(1)- This Build is set for pure AD,AP,& CRIT, This is a big advantage as it makes quick work of your Targets. I class this Build as a Steroid Build
(2)- Using
Flash and
Exhaust is another Advantage purely because your enemies are less likely to escape Execution this is a big part in getting you Fed.
(3)-
Garens Ability
Perseverance is another Advantage although this comes standard playing as
Garen it helps the build a bit seeing as we are not using
Heal just make sure if you need health, don't take any damage and you will quickly recover.
- Running back to the base to get health is a waste of time if your not going there to purchase or defend, doing this could also cause your towers to be lost.
(4)- Because we stack
Armor Penetration to the max, this is guaranteed to bypass all of your Targets
Armor plus with the high amount of Critical Strike used Targets are doomed for death.
(5)- More than likely your Team will have a
Jungler but if not it is an Advantage for you to gain the
Lizard Elder buff known as the
Red Buff not only does this give you extra damage it also applies the slow affect much like
Frozen Mallet does.
- Since we are not using
Frozen Mallet in this build, using the
Lizard Elder buff this will help
Garen in keeping his Targets close.
(6)- The other Advantage is using an ideal Team Partner I recommend
Alistar since
Garen doesn't have any CC Ability he relies on his partner which
Alistar is perfect for. Check his spells below.
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Pulverize <----Mouse Over
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Headbutt <----Mouse over
(1)- This Build is set for pure AD,AP,& CRIT, This is a big advantage as it makes quick work of your Targets. I class this Build as a Steroid Build
(2)- Using


(3)-




- Running back to the base to get health is a waste of time if your not going there to purchase or defend, doing this could also cause your towers to be lost.
(4)- Because we stack


(5)- More than likely your Team will have a




- Since we are not using



(6)- The other Advantage is using an ideal Team Partner I recommend







In this section i will go over the Disadvantages of using this Build.
(1)- Because this build uses only max AD/AP & CRIT defense is an issue.
You may be powerful and take down your Targets quickly, but if your going against 2 Targets on your own, they to could make quick work of you if you become Stunned , Snared or Taunted.
Because of the Durability issue being your
Armor value being low 80.29 at champion level 30 i strongly recommend having your partner with you at Top Lane, I do not recommend you solo Top with this build.
(1)- Because this build uses only max AD/AP & CRIT defense is an issue.
You may be powerful and take down your Targets quickly, but if your going against 2 Targets on your own, they to could make quick work of you if you become Stunned , Snared or Taunted.
Because of the Durability issue being your

A more defensive option for
Garen
This Build has the option of more defense but still giving
Garen good damage.

All of the
Masteries are the same along with the
Runes Summoner Spells and Skill Sequences like Build one has. The only thing that changes in this Build are stats and some item purchases.
-
Frozen Mallet is added to the build giving us an extra 700 Health.
-
Atma's Impaler is added to the build giving us an extra 45
Armor making
Garens defense better. At champion level 30 this build gives 125.29
Armor
- Since Build One has 301 Attack Damage, this Build only has 241 Attack Damage so using this build our Attack damage is reduced by 60.
- To maintain good damage
Atma's Impaler is brought into play. Physical attacks will deal an additional 1.5% of your max Health in damage. This is also why we use
Frozen Mallet for the health as this boosts the damage from
Atma's Impaler.
- This build also has lower
Armor Penetration this stat is shifted because you are using a better defense setup. Although Build One has 59.93 Flat Arp and this Build has 44.93 Flat Arp it is still a good amount to have. You will still find yourself Dominating with it.
- Using this Build gives you an advantage of Solo Top or even Solo'ing any lane

This Build has the option of more defense but still giving


All of the


Defense Items Added Below







Build Information Below
- Since Build One has 301 Attack Damage, this Build only has 241 Attack Damage so using this build our Attack damage is reduced by 60.
- To maintain good damage



- This build also has lower

- Using this Build gives you an advantage of Solo Top or even Solo'ing any lane
Hello Reader,
- I am currently looking for
Garen players to Test my Builds for "Ranked Matches" only!
- I am not currently in a Ranked team so i am calling out for help to assist me with information for my Guide. I will include your names in the Ranked section on my guide so people know you have tested it.
- PM me your response. Don't forget to "Quote" Build 1 2 or 3 so i know which one you have Tested.
I will appreciate the help you guys give and will look forward to hearing from your responses.
- I am currently looking for

- I am not currently in a Ranked team so i am calling out for help to assist me with information for my Guide. I will include your names in the Ranked section on my guide so people know you have tested it.
- PM me your response. Don't forget to "Quote" Build 1 2 or 3 so i know which one you have Tested.
I will appreciate the help you guys give and will look forward to hearing from your responses.
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