Talk:Garen/@comment-3493296-20121008081258/@comment-5414313-20121008202917

Sub-optimal, but on the right track. Rushing Youmuu's is the way to go. Building Avarice Blade is only useful if you're way behind or in a non-standard team comp, like you took Garen as support bot because you decided to troll normals, but you keep making silly mistakes against Blitzcrank.

No, that has never happened to me. Ahem. *he -lies-*

Building Frozen Mallet first is a waste because you need to snowball. Garen snowballs really hard. Build Youmuu's. It'll make you snowball and able to afford the rest of that outrageous build.

There is generally no reason to build an Avarice Blade, and Frozen Mallet is non-essential, but acceptable. Phage + Youmuu's basically gives you Garen's version of a Triforce, so it's good.