Talk:Garen/@comment-25471956-20150430102131/@comment-26071916-20150506160024

I originally disagreed because it took away his Armor Pen and the cooldown reduction, which in my mind was way more important to maintain bullying the lane early, but it did compensate by giving him the ability to fight kity'/poke styled champions. Garens early damage is already massive, and brutalizer, although the cooldown reduction is great and armor pen, makes you prolong your lane surivability. Phage gives you a lot of sticking power, and the 200 health is a plus, and since Garen's abilities scale off of full AD not Bonus AD, this is a very strong item in the end. I felt bad for the already counter-picked, and regular lane match ups like Shyvana who is mostly AP, but has Garen shreading her Armor to bits while being able to stick to her better when she's trying to flee.