Talk:Garen/@comment-65.49.14.96-20120226130318/@comment-1902684-20120226180017

what I normally do early game, I get together my tankiness(not much, warmogs atma's and merc treads, maybe a FoN if they have a lot of magic or GA if they have a lot of AD) and then I start on damage, usually things like IE, ghostblade(you probably should be getting Brute early on anyways since it gives damage armor pen and cooldown) and maybe as a final item, a BT for the large damage increase. In short, get mildly tanky then start getting crit and AD(get tanky first though, since early on the ranks in E should be enough to keep up damage wise). Although be careful, I'm not completely sure how well this build works since I've had luck with idiot builds and haven't played Garen in a while since he isn't a great tank, he's a tough carry if built right.