Talk:Garen/@comment-24324564-20150525203906/@comment-5211662-20150528073928

I don't like Infinity Edge for Garen. Yes his E can crit, but... What's the point of purchasing it if you can crit only 20% of time? Crit is not a good stat if you are not stacking it. But to stack crit on Garen is not good as it requires you to sacrifice a big portion of his tankyness.

On my opinion, The Black Cleaver is way superior. Especially now since it gives 20% CDR instead of 10% so you don't have to build a Frozen Heart and have wasted mana. You can now buy a Thornmail to be able to deal even more damage and not worry about losing on CDR. Also, it shreds the enemy armor, making all portion of his E being able to deal damage; that includes the base damage.

I don't like building full tank Garen. Yes, he becomes "invincible"; but he deals no damage and has no noticeable utility. His Q is technically an hard CC but can't stop movement so it's a bad CC. And he has nothing else to help to peel for his carries, and since he does no damage, he can't force the enemies to focus him, therefore there is no point on being "invincible". Offtank Garen is better because you can deal damage and the enemy can't just ignore you.