I just got flamed for building four IEs, Boots of Swiftness, and a Youmuu's. They kept asking if I was new but that's literally the build I've seen on Garen for years. Hell, Pants Are Dragon has a video with that build in the thumbnail.
Is it really not the best build anymore?
Pretty sure it's Youmuu's IE PD Duskblade IE.
There are plenty of variations, but the all-in YOLO would be full IE (basically only works if the enemy team has a decent amount of melee champions). It's more likely that people are still stuck - or atleast were - with the mindset of what crit builds on Garen entailed prior to 9.3. It was awful, in general. You could round your full damage build out with one or two crit items without it being entirely suboptimal.
9.3 almost completely reverted IE back to what it was in years past, so it is very much a viable build option now.
