Talk:Garen/@comment-24.130.19.100-20120719013928/@comment-4929329-20120719054249

There are SO many ways to build a champ, but let me highlight a few-

Early game Bruiser Garen-

Get ArPen because enemies like armor but cannot buy a lot yet, invest in items like Youmuu's for offense or Randuin's Omen for defense.

First Blood Garen-

Sit in bushes with Doran's Blade and crit runes, your Q + crit can 2 shot many enemies. This is risky but crit does scale on Garen. Alternatively one could have resist/lv runes and flat AD, relying on your scariness to protect you until your stats can.

Late Game Bruiser Garen-

Flat AD so you can trade early on, with some AD/lv, buying an early Last Whisper and HoG for items like Randuin's Omen or FoN, get Infinity Edge later and Ghostblade if you need its active.