Yeah he needs to dual wield
and wearing different shoes is a new meta.
You definitely need both boots. And the dual
boosts his ult damage.
Builds are supposed to be dynamic. Don't just copy something that a 'pro' uses without taking into account why he built it. The Garen build you posted might work against some team comps but not others.
Garen is nothing without DFG
For some reason, I laughed pretty hard at this.