Talk:Garen/@comment-68.194.222.116-20121122182222/@comment-46.7.207.128-20121123213211

You should only really "rush" IE if your lane is being snowballed i.e you are murdering your opponent 3 kills to nothing or such. Otherwise it takes too much time and gold to invest in to effectivelly gain the IE without sacrificing other attributes, such as HP, Armour and MR.

That is my only major issue with the Infinity Edge, its so expensive, and for its gold you can almost get a Fratmas, 5400 vs 3800. A BF Sword of a difference, lose around 40 damage, crit bonus but gain massive armour and HP bonus. Heck even rushing a Ghostblade is more gold efficient. Least then you can afford a Giant's belt in between.