Talk:Irelia/@comment-76.197.131.119-20120406203238/@comment-2124153-20120409150937

Definitely advise against going Cloth + pots against Garen. Armor counters him for sure, but you will regret giving up the bonus MS as soon as he gets Decisive Strike and you're unable to kite him. Get Armor on your first back.

Also, Executioner's Calling will ruin Garen's day, just throwing that out there. The DOT that procs from the on-hit prevents Garen's passive from activating until 15 seconds after you melee him once (8 second DOT, + 7 second recycle on his passive), at which point you can hit him with the item's active and cut his regen in half for 8 seconds. Repeat until Garen goes insane.

Get as much CS as possible when Garen is weak at levels 1-2. Once he hits level 3, it's game over for trades, because he has the full W/Q/E combo on you.