@Riot Repertoir Garen Itemization after Patch 5.16

King of Hearts11·8/15/2015, 11:28:35 PM·1 votes·961 views

I don't get it. You guys said that keeping the new itemization changes in mind they will be catered to Garen's needs in patch 5.16. I still see 0 amount of crit items being added, which effects his itemization tremendously. His only two optimal crit itemizations are Ghostblade and Infinity Edge and if he builds that he's going to be squishy as hell. If he builds his reccomended build in PBE servers which is Serak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Deadman's there is barely any room for crit items providing any synergy. It makes no sense.

Why don't you give Garen a way to benefit out of crit...its been a mechanic in his kit since day 1 and it feels so lackluster. Give judgement an extra ability to lower its CD everytime it crits. It would actually help being able to build damage reliably. Right now I only see Garen as being too squishy late game if you go all damage late game or still being lackluster along with a KS bot with a tanky build. His itemization issues still don't feel solid, as its not rewarding to go one way or even hybrid for that matter.

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The Fast8/16/2015, 12:54:55 AM2 votes

Hint: Garen doesn't actually need crit when his spin does 300+375%AD to 400+500%AD. Black Cleaver is more than enough to get Garen to 100-0 people. If you want more damage, go for a LW or a Youmuu's, which is more valuable now because of it's utility since Garen got easier to kite.

Garen really doesnt need more than a single crit item.

King of Hearts118/15/2015, 11:30:27 PM1 votes

bump

King of Hearts118/15/2015, 11:33:17 PM1 votes

bump for demacia

Erijian8/15/2015, 11:35:44 PM1 votes

item 3142item 3031item 3071item 3742item 3065item 3111oritem 3047 (No Tenacity though)

Not that hard to build Crit in while still being tanky as all hell. You average ~160 in both Armor and Magic Resist while having ~3500 HP alongside ~300 AD. I think he has the options to be more diverse with his items now than he was before to be honest with the addition of Deadman's Plate.