Talk:Garen/Strategy/@comment-26338044-20150423125956/@comment-35229418-20150425102357

If you really really want to rush an armor item, Sunfire Cape is usually the preferred choice. It's the only armor item that makes you deal some damage thanks to its passive. If it's just because of an annoying autoattacker, you can rush Ninja Tabi and call it a day. If you just need a bit of defense (not necessarily armor), you can (you will anyway) rush the reworked Black Cleaver from the next patch. 400 HP, 20% CDR, 40 AD and the Phage + Armor reduction passives are gold on Garen.