Talk:Garen/@comment-5211662-20140505051920/@comment-8468980-20140511081749

"I do not know why most people build him full tank."

Like most fighter/bruisers, a squishy build gets riskier and riskier as the game goes on, team fights happen more and carries gain more damage.

You may be experiencing players who do not know how to build properly and simply assume they need to build tank in every instance. This is a huge mistake when a player accumulates an early advantage and won't allow them to leverage their lead in gold and levels especially solo top and doubly so for a champ like garen who scales relatively well with damage items.