Talk:Garen/@comment-83.196.94.64-20121207013649/@comment-46.7.207.128-20121208014133

With the huge love being given for Black Cleaver, I still start like I would normally, either boots and 3 pots or cloth armour with 5 for "tough" lanes and end hopefully with my beloved Fratmas. I find a Doran Shield Garen can simply be poked down too fast, wheris 5 pots allows you stay in in case of a poor trade or a minor hiccup.

My only major change is instead of getting Tabi, Doran's Blade, Frozen Mallet, Atma's and Ghostblade, I simply replace the the Ghostblade with a Black Cleaver. Toss in a negatron in case of strong AP presence as well, get the best of both words then between it and the ninja tabi. I find Ionian boots etc take away a lot of what you really want to emphasize: Garen's W passive and innate tankiness.