Talk:Garen/@comment-15031918-20151024103808/@comment-10136989-20151026120046

Spin gains a bit more damage between level 7-10 then outscales Q on a full channel. the way to level abilities is to give you the most impact as early as possible, lowering cooldowns or maxing base damages etc. so although Q is better early, past level 7 E becomes a stronger skill. This means instead of maxing out Q getting 3 or 4 points in it, then maxing E could be best. It depends on the matchups and where you are aiming to peak.

If you aren't going to do anything, there is no jungle pressure, and lane is a farmfest, maxing E for waveclear and a stronger lvl 10-13 would be better. Maxing Q for better 1-9, and safer laning is better in most other matchups. Also worth considering if you are the pure front line for your team maxing W out second over E. It isn't your job to do damage, but zone, tank and ult villains.

Garen almost has a luxury in how he levels himself, in that apart from his ult all his abilities scale badly, meaning whatever you choose to makes very little difference to exactly what you're doing. Could be good to just splash points as you see fit throughout the game.