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Spells:
Ghost
Exhaust
Ability Order
Perseverance (PASSIVE)
Garen Passive Ability
Updates
* I did Change


06/1-2012
* I did Change my Attack speed runes for Armor and Magic resist runes! Thanks for your Feedback! (I will update my Picture on runes later (: )
23/9-2012
* I did Change the title xD and updated some bad language in my guide ^^ Thanks for all the Votes and the Feedback! Means a lot to me!
Hello Mobafire again (: It's Acoil from League of Legends and I just want to make a good guide on how I play "Garen"
I play garen as Tank because I feel I can output alot of dmg to players while I can dive them all at same time.
I just feel that Garen Tank is the best way to play him, I can see the best DPS guide etc says "Do not play Garen as Tank" but I say play Garen as tank and see how it goes (:
I made a garen guide before this but. I failed a bit on that one so. I decided to make a new guide (: I hope you all like it, and please try it out.
And please Try it out before Voting! Alot of players tryid my old build and they got a good score etc and won some games, so please try before voting Thanks (:
I play garen as Tank because I feel I can output alot of dmg to players while I can dive them all at same time.
I just feel that Garen Tank is the best way to play him, I can see the best DPS guide etc says "Do not play Garen as Tank" but I say play Garen as tank and see how it goes (:
I made a garen guide before this but. I failed a bit on that one so. I decided to make a new guide (: I hope you all like it, and please try it out.
And please Try it out before Voting! Alot of players tryid my old build and they got a good score etc and won some games, so please try before voting Thanks (:
Pros
+ Great Tank
+ Great Health, MR, Armor, Passive.
+ Hard to catch
+ Good dmg + Combos
+ No mana, No Energy
+ Good farmer (
Sunfire Aegis +
Judgment)
Cons
- Cooldowns :S
- No friendly abilities (Taunt etc.)
- Not as much DMG as DPS build.
+ Great Tank
+ Great Health, MR, Armor, Passive.
+ Hard to catch
+ Good dmg + Combos
+ No mana, No Energy
+ Good farmer (


Cons
- Cooldowns :S
- No friendly abilities (Taunt etc.)
- Not as much DMG as DPS build.
I use
Exhaust and
Ghost on my Garen, because Ghost +
Decisive Strike will maybe secure me a kill (: + a very good escape too. and the
Exhaust just for the lowering of dmg and movement speed.
1.
Exhaust &
Ghost:
Ghost gives good escape ability +
Decisive Strike. And
Exhaust is a good use to Slow enemy’s down or take dmg off enemy’s like
Tryndamere
2.
Heal &
Flash:
Heal is good on tank, and its always good to have 1
Heal on a team, and
Flash Gives good escape ability.
3.
Flash &
Exhaust: Flash for the great escape, and the
Exhaust just for the lowering of dmg and movement speed. No more Fortify!




1.






2.





3.




Offense
-
Summoner's Wrath 1/1 to improve
Exhaust and
Ghost.
-
Brute Force 3/3 for +3 Attack dmg in the start, it really helps.
-
Alacrity 4/4 For some Attack speed, stack with my runes.
-
Weapon Expertise 1/1 This is a must! 10% Armor pen!
Garen Tank will need this if he should make DMG too! -
Deadliness 4/4 Just to get
Lethality,
Lethality ^ 10% Critical Strike Dmg! its awesome with
Deadliness and a
Infinity Edge (:
-
Weapon Expertise 1/1 This is a must! 10% Armor pen!
-
Vampirism 3/3 For 3% Lifesteal in the start, Works great!
Take lifesteal beacauseHavoc will do % of your dmg,
and when your not stacking dmg items it will be useless. -
Sunder 3/3 +6 Armor pen, with your runes, that will make more dmg,
it will destroy their armor (: - And ofc
Executioner 1/1 for 6% more damage on people below 40% Health (:
Defense
-
Resistance 3/3 to get Magic resist,
you are top solo lane, and magic resist is good vsNidalee AP (:
-
Hardiness 3/3 To get more Armor, vs AD-carrys, very good survival.
Utility
-
Good Hands 3/3 to reduce the time of your death.
Greater Mark of Desolation
Greater Quintessence of Desolation![]()
Greater Mark of Desolation Armor Pen. Works on Garen's auto attack and your
Judgment also work with Armor pen.
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist Magic Resist is a very good thing to build on tanks aswell, or you could get some Cooldown Reduction.
Greater Seal of Armor Armor is very good on tanky Garen and this is standard too, or you could get Health or more Cooldown Reduction (: if you don't like Armor Seals


Greater Mark of Desolation Armor Pen. Works on Garen's auto attack and your







(Active): Garen places a defensive shield on himself, decreasing all damage taken for 3 seconds. (No Cost) (Tip: use this when getting target, it will Decrease Dmg in 3 Seconds!)


Here is a little Video that will show you "How to USE Ultimate to Assist your team, NOT TO KILLSTEAL!"
Starting Items


I like to start out with a



First time when recalling you should have Gold for


Core Items



At this moment you have


After this ill Rush my

When you finish building your



Final Build






I build Garen This way every match
Item Sequence






Sunfire Aegis
2700

Force of Nature
2800

Thornmail
2450

Banshee's Veil
3000

Guardian Angel
3200





And then we got my lovely

situational items
Item Sequence






Frozen Heart
2500

Hexdrinker
1300

Mercury's Treads
1250

Quicksilver Sash
1300

Randuin's Omen
2700


Early Game [Solo Top]
Early game, You should know your Early game Garen's limits, and then me Defensive or Aggressive.
I play Aggressive because I know I can easy get early kills, and can solo most champions (Without Problems!)
You should Focus on:
1. Last hit minions
2. Get a Kill (Dont Killsteal if jungler comes)
Early-Mid Game [Solo Top]
Early mid game, You should already have minion kills for your

Don't be afraid of your enemy just hit him a bit and play a bit Defensive (:
You should Focus on:
1. Minion kills! (Sunfire Cape + Judgment)
2. Get that Bastard (:
Here is a Little Video to show you How to farm minions with Garen (:
Late Game [Solo Top]
laning phase is over, run around like a boss and see where the enemys are, dont solo more then 2 enemys before you have fully build GG (:
Clear out big Waves of minions that comes in lanes! (Combo - Sunfire Cape + Judgement)
Starting a Team fight is important. be sure your carry are nearby and your support. be sure to start out by attacking a enemy carry or just the lowest one, try not getting the kills if your team need it more then you.
Rush in with

Make sure you start the rush or your





(Tip: I use my

Mid-Early Game [Duo lane]
Early game, You should know Garen's Limits, and be Aggressive or Defensive.
I play Aggressive because I know I can easy get early Assists, and can solo most champions (Without Problems!)
1. Protect my Laning mate
2. Get the assist
Early Game [Duo lane]
Mid-Early game, you should have Assists for your Sunfire cape. and its time for you to farm.
as i help in all lanes at this moment and just run around and find waves of minions that I can get, (Combo - Sunfire cape + Judgement).
Starting a Team fight is important. be sure your carry are nearby and your support. be sure to start out by attacking a enemy carry or just the lowest one, try not getting the kills if your team need it more then you.
Rush in with

Make sure you start the rush or your





(Tip: I use my

Early Game
As I wrote in "Your laning phase" I act Aggressive no matter if its a Duo lane or Solo lane as I know my Garen's limits.
Solo lane
Get as many minion kills as possible and last hit the minions to get Sunfire Cape.
They to go for the kill if you can without you die.
Act friendly to your teammates no matter who you play whit!
Duo lane
Try to get as many hits on your enemys as you can, and lower their Health as you have a mate that can go in and take the kill if needed, you have to take the kill if your mate cant make the kill, then just take it! (But dont Killsteal) = (Killstealing will only make you loose the game!)
Mid Game
Mid game I should be pushing as much as i can, while i don't fear my enemy's as long as not all 5 enemy's are missing from their lanes.
Solo lane
I push the lane as much as i can to destroy the tower so I can help other lanes, I try to farm as many minions as I can and just keep pushing, while I don't fear my enemy's.
Duo lane
I push the lane with my lane mate, and let him get all the minion kills. I push to get the tower. I normally just stay in bush to get exp and run out with Q and hit a enemy just to get him low, when the time is ready we go in and take the kill. when tower is gone, just help other lanes.
Late Game
Almost or Full build, lets have fun? Dont fear anyone, because you are so tanky and have much dmg to output on enemys, I always go in 3vs me, and i always end up getting 1 or 2 kills and get away with 50% health impressive!
Time to start Team fights, and time to be ready to improvise. and time to be ready for improvise for enemy team.
Hope this helps!
I see every AD - AP carry's as a good Teammate with Garen!
Supports and tanks are not that much welcome on my lane as it won't work that good on a due lane.
But my Fav. to be in lane with is if possible, champions with a lot of CC. Stun, Fear etc.
I like to lane with
Twitch
Tryndamere
Caitlyn
Vayne
Sion
Graves
Shaco etc.
Supports and tanks are not that much welcome on my lane as it won't work that good on a due lane.
But my Fav. to be in lane with is if possible, champions with a lot of CC. Stun, Fear etc.
I like to lane with







DID YOU READ IT ALL? Nice! I hope there were some Useful stuff that you could use in my Guide!
I hope you Enjoy my Very first Guide, and I hope you could use it!
Please leave a comment and a vote, it really means a lot to me.
If you have any questions, ask and I will gladly answer them.
Criticism would be appreciated, but please have a good reason.
(Anything I could improve?)
Please try out my Build before Voting!
I will be Updating this guide as much as I can! but your Feedback is the only thing that can improve this guide!
-Thanks to Jhoijhoi's profile for the Templates and the Coding
-Thanks to Taneren for helping me out! I recommend checking out he's Caitlyn and Taric guide
Caitlyn Guide / Taric Guide
I hope you Enjoy my Very first Guide, and I hope you could use it!
Please leave a comment and a vote, it really means a lot to me.
If you have any questions, ask and I will gladly answer them.
Criticism would be appreciated, but please have a good reason.
(Anything I could improve?)
Please try out my Build before Voting!
I will be Updating this guide as much as I can! but your Feedback is the only thing that can improve this guide!
-Thanks to Jhoijhoi's profile for the Templates and the Coding
-Thanks to Taneren for helping me out! I recommend checking out he's Caitlyn and Taric guide
Caitlyn Guide / Taric Guide
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