Talk:Garen/@comment-4304118-20120910181230/@comment-5414313-20120910202119

Mmhm. 9/21/0 is the best for Garen's laning phase now. Toughness and Indomitable are crazy, because Garen's strategy is to out-sustain his opponent now, rather than beat them up outright like before. 9/21/0 make lane freezing more than possible.

Your runes are right too. Exactly the ones I use. The extra ArPen from quints won't get you as far as the AD does, and ArPen quints with AD reds will yield slightly less stats for anyone who might be wondering why we do it this way.

Ghostblade is Garen's Trinity Force, I believe. I get it as soon as possible.

I also start with a Doran's Shield.

Sunfire Cape is once again a good item on Garen too. Don't underestimate that 40 magic damage - I watched someone in high ELO push a Malphite out of the lane that way.

Overall, Garen is much easier to itemize for now. I disagree with your changes. On paper, they seem okay, but I think that would make Garen wildly overpowered. I find myself consistently doing as much or more damage than when I play Fiora. It just doesn't always look like it.

Garen is a character about positioning and leadership. Very easy to learn, but difficult to master because of this.