Talk:Garen/@comment-11359887-20141121180610

I have been thinking about Garen Jungle with the new preseason 5 jungle, and I think it actually works really well. Stalker's Blade on Garen works EXTREMELY well - giving him a big slow and some long range damage with Smite. Now combine that with the Juggernaut enchantment (which adds tenacity) and swiftness boots, and Garen is a bit harder to kite.

As for ganks, Garen would charge out with Q, smite slow to catch up with them, silence them to stop any escapes they have, and then E and R to finish them off. If this works, Garen would be able share his early to mid game power with all of the laners, snowballing the earlygame really well. This was something he couldn't do before, as his Q alone was not enough to gank well.

Of course, his really, really REALLY earlygame clears are crap, but he can survive. I was able to take down red buff alone once (no leash) with just a sliver of health and still take out one or two other camps. With a leash, he could probably survive enough to get a damage item and his Stalker's Blade to start ganking. By midgame, you are a killing, clearing machine (especially at 11 when your passive will still work when fighting monsters), and by late-game you can take advantage of Garen's seiging power with the new Baron buff, your Passive, and the new elixers. He would be useful late, being able to take poke, heal it off, and take towers with ease.

My build I tested was -

Stalker's Blade - Enchantment Juggernaut

The Black Cleaver

Maw of Malmortius

Sunfire Cape

Randuin's Omen

Boots of Swiftness - Enchantment Alacrity

If you don't need that much damage, you can switch Maw of Malmortius for a Spirit Visage, but keep in mind without it you will still be healing a LOT. Also, either way, you don't have much magic resistance, unless you want to take out Randuin's Omen,

I beleive the new Preseason 5 Jungle could bring some new viablilty to Jungle Garen, as he has the damage, tankiness, and the newfound ganking ability to be really good. Any thoughts?