Talk:Garen/@comment-76.92.184.123-20120509184347/@comment-4080931-20120510031125

It's not really worth it. It's an extra, what, 10 gold per Smite on a 70 second cooldown? That's less than 600 extra gold over a 60 minute game. You can easily farm with Judgement, despite it's half damage to minions. Also, like Poppy, Garen likes to farm Champions. I like to take Ghost/Ignite, because a Garen combo with Ignite is a real bitch to deal with. Ignite can also land you those kills. If your allies don't want to take Smite, then consider Smite for buff-securing, but otherwise, it's a bad idea on Garen.