Talk:Garen/@comment-24055932-20140402025434/@comment-24055932-20140414002535

SoTD just fits so perfectly in so many builds... of cause, you sacrifice a full item which for the main time will do absolutly nothing for you, but once you end up in the situation you bought it for in first place, you will be just so happy to have it.

It synergises well with Hydra, as it will lower its activation time and with any on-hit effects or attack modifiers that can crit. Because of its immense burst, it is really strong in combination with hard CC, as the enemy won't be able to do anything against it - and exactly that we got here with Garen, a 2.5 second silence. So, if you actually reach your target, your damage increase should easily make up for the loss of 1 offensive item.