Talk:Garen/@comment-94.6.98.252-20120904165040/@comment-5414313-20120905014721

I think you mean AD quints? And yeah, I can see that.

As far as Garen goes, I think he's just a more passive laner now. The "How to Be a Lane Bully" series of videos on Youtube work well to teach you Garen's lane freezing tactics and how to actually harass with him.

I'm not sure about defensive masteries, though. I feel Garen has no trouble eating damage, but has a lot of trouble dealing it still. I'm going to be running 26/3/1, taking points in the Hardiness and Summoner's Insight masteries.

I'm doing this because The Rain Man gave a very explanation of why people use the offensive tree these days, basically stating that it enables you to skip Doran's, which is important on Garen, whose build order is still a little weird, because I like to build Boots -> HoG -> Brutalizer.