Bruiser build of demanding simplicity: Garen looks linear, but his build must actually protect a very specific tempo between short trades, lane priority, entry windows, and the ability to cleanly finish a target others would let escape. This editorial cleanup aims to move the sheet beyond generic 'tanky and simple' language and restate what Garen is really buying: the right to still arrive clean at the heart of the fight, absorb just enough for silence and spin to matter, then convert that presence into a credible execute instead of being only a block of health spinning in place.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,900 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,500 total cost -400gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,400 total cost -500g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Garen does not win through complexity, but through clean conversion of simple windows. The core build reinforces entry, close-range durability and consistent damage in short decisive windows.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
the E (Judgment) rotates continuously, stacking Conqueror very quickly in fights.
Takes advantage of split-push natural to destroy tours quickly with Decisive Strike.
Stacks with regeneration passive for a sustain in lane near-infinite.
Maximizes HP to be a tank impenetrable that rotates the E indefinitely.
Boosts R's execute and refunds its cooldown on takedowns — more Demacian Justice in back-to-back fights.
Overgrowth
Perseverance
