Garen season 8 rune builds (theocrafting)

Critmaster Garen··2 votes·6,485 views

so far, this is the most fun build ive come up with, with the information thats been given to us.

pathes are inspiration/sorcery

#Inspiration:

keystone: "Looter" (work in progress name for the missing rune)

according to meddler, the rune will add an effect similar to sheen. if you use a spell, you get an empowered auto attack with 50 (ranged)/125 (melee) increased range with a bandit effect (gold generation) and a random chance to drop consumable items.

since garens q procs and applies item 3057 this should give him occational 300 range decisive strikes with a 175 range gap closer.

first row: all options are decent. channeled flash for flanking and bush engages. biscuits in rough matchups for additional lane sustain and cheese heals in fights. stopwatch to upgrade into g.a. later.

second row: pretty much sucks. best option is probably futures market to finish items faster and hit power spikes sooner.

third row: cosmic insight for a 45% cdr cap and approach velocity to stick to silenced targets sound both like decent options.

#Sorcery:

many good options here. the most interesting combination to complement the extended engage range would be celerity for extra 3% movement speed and increased ad from extra movement speed and scorch (dont worry. if the mastery sucks, theyre going to buff it) for extra damage on those empowered q's.

other great options include

nullifying orb against tough ap matchups, the ultimate hat, waterwalking and gathering storm.


item builds would focus around extending his q range and the attached gapcloser even further to 400 total range + adding more damage to that opening hit with rapid fire cannon, i.e. and dead mans.

item 3031 item 3094 item 3071 item 3742 item 3065 item 1001

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LegenDariusGaren1 votes

item 3147 item 3077 item 1001 item 3094 item 3031 item 3026

Critmaster Garen1 votes

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item 3147 item 3077 item 1001 item 3094 item 3031 item 3026

not bad, but lacks cdr.

maybe make that tiamat an essence reaver, or a triforce.

LegenDariusGaren1 votes

Fine item 3147item 3074 item 3508 item 3094 item 3031 item 3026 item 2140

Real talk though, I feel fine with 0% cdr on Garen. I hardly notice the difference.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

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Fine item 3147item 3074 item 3508 item 3094 item 3031 item 3026 item 2140

Real talk though, I feel fine with 0% cdr on Garen. I hardly notice the difference.

yikes, i couldnt do that.

its a difference of 4 seconds on the q and spin. and when you cant q or spin you cant really do shit but auto attack. and thats weaksauce on garen.

LegenDariusGaren1 votes

Either I kill my target or I die. I am fine with that.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

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Either I kill my target or I die. I am fine with that.

http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/preseason-update/8200-8230?build=22202316

so, since cleptomaniac doesnt seem to get the range boost for now, this could be fun.

really high early ad, 45% cdr cap, up to 65% cdr on the ult. going over cdr cap turns it into more ad (thats 42 ad with the build down there). infinite ad scaling from gathering storm.

item 3071 item 3142 item 3083 item 3053 item 3078 item 3158

thats 94/118 AD at 30/40 minutes from runes with really low cooldowns with this build.

4000 health 440 ad at 40 minutes. cooldowns: q - 4,4s | w - 11s | e - 4.95s | r - 28s |

  • item 2140 adds 30 more ad
  • blue buff adds 14 more ad
  • infernal drake and nash have potential to add 24% / 40 more ad
  • support buffs could add more
LegenDariusGaren1 votes

Cleaver is a trash item. I have pretty much dropped that item completely on everyone, even against tanks. item 2138 >>>>item 2140 Duskblade is way too good of an item to not have on Garen. Phase Rush does not feel as good as stormraider's though.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

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Cleaver is a trash item. I have pretty much dropped that item completely on everyone, even against tanks. item 2138 >>>>item 2140 Duskblade is way too good of an item to not have on Garen. Phase Rush does not feel as good as stormraider's though.

depends on the situation. its harder to proc against squishies, and more easy against tanky targets.

i wish sunfire wasnt complete garbage. phase rush can get triggered off its damage ticks.

LegenDariusGaren1 votes

item 3077 bruh

Critmaster Garen1 votes

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item 3077 bruh

good point.

edit.: item 3087

Critmaster Garen1 votes

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item 3077 bruh

soo, i dont know if youre still interested, but i tried domination/sorcery

keystone - dark harvest cheap shot eyeball collection relentless hunter

celerity gathering storm (might switch this for ultimate cooldown in the future)

the game was actually fucking awesome. i almost 1 shot a vayne at one point with a decisive strike, empowered with dark harvest and dead mans damage proc + all the bonus ad from the extra movement speed.

if it werent for pbe lag and i wasnt surprised by my own damage, id have followed with ult right there.

i only had cleaver and dead mans at that point. could see some real cheese potential with item 3078 item 3147 item 3031 and similar items that amplify garens q damage.

dark harvest buff now persists for 5 minutes once you reach 100 stacks. this means you can always grab a charge somewhere and carry it into the next fight with you.

at the end of a 20 minute game, i got like 350 extra damage off dark harvest.

remember that you might be able to trigger this multiple times per fight, as allies and enemies die near you, and you collect new souls.

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