Talk:Garen the Night of Demacia/@comment-98.252.26.207-20110814143107

Okay, guys, so here's what I'm thinking.

I'm thinking Garen should focus mostly on CDR now. The reason being is that CDR is giving him: More damage, more defense through Courage and more CC through Decisive Strike. This, I feel, makes it a very efficient stat to focus on.

I'm going to try building Garen more like Renekton now. I feel his core should be: Ionian Boots, Youmuu's Ghostblade and Spirit Visage with a Heart of Gold that builds into a Randuin's later on. This gives him enough HP to make Atma's super cost effective as well.

Against heavy MR teams, I imagine a Banshee's Veil or FoN can be built too. Spirit Visage + Heart of Gold still provides enough HP to make Atma's effective, so I can see FoN working here, and even though BV still gives more effective health, there are still situations where FoN is preferable.

I would still prioritize R > E > W > Q because with max CDR, Courage can be used every 11 seconds - that's powerful, and might mean that the 25 MR from Mercury's Treads can be ignored, making Merc Treads a more situational item on Garen than before. Courage wasn't changed, but the changes to his other skills have made CDR more viable on him, I feel. Am I wrong?

So you get Judgment every 5-6 seconds, and altogether this would significantly increase Garen's damage output and defense - in theory, anyway.

It's a pretty cheap build too.

What do you guys think?