Talk:Garen/@comment-90.56.171.141-20120818020644/@comment-4929329-20120818045739

Imagine you're playing Ezreal. Q is good, low cost poke, but W lowers the AS of the enemy with lower range in an AoE and costs MORE.

If the enemy laner is someone like Vayne, you'd want W to stop her harass. If it's Corki, you would want Q since Corki pokes a lot with abilities.

In Garen's case, grab another rank in Q if you need the duration boost and instant poke, and get E whenever you need the spin to scale better. Vs someone like Vlad who has ranged attacks, the Silence and instant poke is better. If you're fighting someone like Riven, the base silence duration should be enough, so put ranks into E so you can hurt her while she's got you stunned.