Talk:Garen/@comment-5211662-20140505051920

I do not know why most people build him full tank. I heard this is to abuse his W, but without damage items, Garen will just be a wandering big meat shield that deals no damage and has no stun or slow (his silence is technically a hard CC, but it will not impair their movement speed or actions)

Seriously, Garen needs at least a Black Cleaver to not be just a big meat shield, and to at least do some damage late-game. People seem not to understand that Garen is not a tank like Malphite, Shen, Amumu, Galio, Zac, etc - all of them have some ability that scale with defenses or health, or do damage based on the enemy's max health. Garen has neither of the two and his bases are very poor to rely on them to do damage.