Talk:Garen/@comment-25471956-20150430102131/@comment-24057740-20150508102519

BC is perfect for Garen against tanks. When your enemy will likely stack armor and HP, you will make the best use of cdr and the armor shred. Don't forget the debuff lasts 6 seconds. Zone your enemys for 6 seconds longer after your Q.>E or, if he tries to lasthit because now your abilities are on cd, you can prolong the debuff for your next Q->E.

The important thing is, that BC is cost neutral without the Phage and Shred passive. It's stats alone are (kind of) worth the gold you invest. And the Shred passive decrease the value your enemy get's out of his armor.

Sunfire cape for example is only 2100g worth at raw stats and the Burn passive "costs" you 500g.