Talk:Garen/@comment-3493296-20121008081258

Lately I am playing a more aggressive version of Garen which just uses 2 defensive items to do his job.

This build is only possible because of. First, it reduces cc so you don't need Mercury's Treads. Second it makes your armor and mr even more effective, Guardian Angel gives both that stats and gets very cost efficient. Finally, the 30% damage reduction scales well with HP, so Frozen Mallet. If you activate your W, you will be so so much more tanky and can't really die, while you can instakill carries.