Talk:Garen/@comment-81.86.123.22-20120405213545/@comment-4900160-20120405225815


 * The icecube missile is quite slow, allowing you to quickly press W before it reaches you. This way, you can ignore a significant part of his harass early game.


 * Losing a bit of DPS is no big deal if the slow cleanse allows you to deal at least a bit of damage. Little damage is better than no damage at all.


 * Max Q first if you find it too hard to get in range, and use your spin only for the slow removal. When you get in range, cancel the spin and Autoattack instead since you will do more damage if you have only 1 point in your E.


 * Instead of staying behind your creeps and be defensive, try to go ballz out right from level 1 and take control of the bushes. This way you cannot be denied experience and he will have to stay on the other side of the lane to be safe... until your jungler comes to gank.


 * Invest in early bootts (like you should always do) and consider buying early mercs treads if things are not going as planned.


 * Don't forget that if you get the initiative, that means he will be silenced for more than two seconds, allowing you to either win a damage trade or go back right after your Q unpunished.


 * Abuse your passive regen. He has mana to manage, you don't. If you spam your abilities he won't be able to follow for long, even with his own passive. If you take too much damage from trades and your passive is not enough, go back to base for potions from time to time and Q to get back to lane faster if you did not pack teleport.


 * At level 6, try not to engage with your Q if you plan to 1v1 to death: you need the silence to cancel his ult.


 * If you managed to farm well, you could consider buying an early FoN, or at least a negatron cloak. I do not recommend the full FoN, buy HP instead. Remember that farming increases your MR, so the more you farm, the tankier you get.


 * If things are going really bad, don't buy spirit visage. Why? Well, I quite agree with Guardman's Bob on the fact that if you know you are clearly losing 1v1, there is no use to itemize for it. Just try to farm your best and start getting your core items for mid game. You still can ask for a lane swap in extreme cases.