spin to win Garen is that all he is?

[quote=tecknologic]now I use Garen quite often and I enjoy playing him as my top laner but my question is, is he only spin to win, or is there another way to build him? anyone with a guide to a non-spin to win guide link it please and I'll try it out the next time I play Garen. thanks in advance - tecknologic5555[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]You should build tanky first, then damage. Items like [[sunfire cape]] and [[warmog's armor]] first and after that [[black cleaver]], [[infinity edge]] and [[youmuu's ghostblade]]. With [[courage]], you are really hard to take down and you should hit as much enemies as possible with your spin, while focusing on the enemy carries. Try to kill the enemy carries if possible, as they can't do much against you. You got a nice tool to finish them off.[/quote]

[quote=Totallynotn00b]Build ADC + Zhonyas hourglass. Dive in, Spin, press zhonyas when the hate comes in, keep on spinning. No, seriously. Garen's spin is a status buff - it'll keep going through ZH stasis. But also seriously, don't try this in ranked Unless you're smurfing or something for the lols[/quote]

[quote=throatslasher]Sometimes I max Q, I think it scales better and it doesn't push your wave.[/quote]

[quote=Totallynotn00b][quote=throatslasher] Sometimes I max Q, I think it scales better and it doesn't push your wave. [/quote] What? Not improving Mr spin-to-win's ability to spin-to-win? WHAT IS THIS HERESY? D= (Jokes aside, he's right.)[/quote]

[quote=Vapora Dark]Lol, when I started playing Garen I maxed Q because I'd just assumed it was standard. At some point I checked a guide just to check if I was doing it right and I was like "wait wat, you max E???". Q max has more reliable damage, doesn't push the lane, better escape, and better gap closer. The only, though rather large downside, is that E max has the same damage increase as Q max each level with just a SINGLE spin hit.[/quote]

[quote=A Chubby Baby]Rush AP. That's how you really win.[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy][[decisive strike]] at lvl 1 and [[courage]] at lvl 2, [[judgment]] at lvl 3. Then I generally max [[judgment]] because I want to deal as much damage as possible to the enemy. Why throw away [[garen]]'s super high earlygame damage by maxing [[decisive strike]]? Of course, if you don't want to push the lane at all, it can be an option, but otherwise, [[judgment]] adds way more damage. And you want to be able to nearly instnatly combo the enemy at lvl 6, so you need the damage. [[judgment]] is also way better if the enemy laner is [[pantheon]]/[[jax]]. Also, lucky crits can be also way easier proced by [[judgment]]. BTW: You need 2 spin hits, [[judgment]] procs every 0.5 seconds for 1/2 of the damage. And don't forget the AD-ratio of [[judgment]] increases aswell while leveling up.[/quote]

[quote=kT coffee][quote=tecknologic] is he only spin to win [/quote] no.[/quote]

[quote=Zouchouten][quote=tecknologic] is he only spin to win [/quote] He's also really good at being a trolling pest. Silence then run away.[/quote]