Talk:Garen/@comment-4929329-20120817075714

High Resist Garen vs HP Garen...

150 armor + 100 magic resist + 3.8k hp Garen-

150 + 30 = 180 armor + 120 magic resist = 10640 effective Physical dmg HP, and 4560 effective Magic dmg HP.

250 armor + 200 magic resist + 2.5k hp Garen-

250 + 50 = 300 armor + 240 magic resist = 7500 Physical, 6000 Magic.

As you can see here, with minimal resist investments and just a Warmog's Armor, Garen is still basically just as tanky... if you count Last Whisper/Void Staff on the enemy team then it looks like this:

180 - 46%, 120 - 46% = 7493.6 Physical, 6262.4 Magic. HP Garen

300 - 46%, 200 - 46% = 6550 Physical, 5200 Magic. Resist Garen

I hope this clears up some confusion about what to buy :)