Theorycrafting Builds for Champions
Now I would like to start a chain, of at least Semi-Serious theory builds to try on league. I got SO many Ideas in my head, and I would probably try to continue to think of more that I think might work. Or wanna hear other out of the box Ideas.
Right Now, I am going to talk about [Damage Reduction Garen.] now this works EXTREMELY well if there is another champion like Moakai on the team, but its not COMPLETELY necessary. This is a Top Lane Tank build, but has a NICE amount of damage and Chase potential.
BUILD: Start: Longsword + 3 Pots - or - Doran's Shield + Pot
Core Items: Black Cleaver - Phantom Dancer - Ninja Tabi
Full Build: Black Cleaver - Phantom Dancer - Sterak's Gage - Deadmans Plate - Spirit Visage - Ninja Tabi
Runes: (Either the Normal Attack Damage Reds, Quints. Armor Yellows, and Scaling Magic Resist Blues.) What I recommend (Attack Damage Reds. Armor Quints, Armor Scaling Yellows and Scaling Magic Resist Blues.) [Why? Because you will have a bonus +38 Armor and 27 Magic Resist, and with Garen's Passive (which is what makes this build GREAT.) Gives you a bonus in total +68 Armor and 57 Magic Resist Flat at level 18.)
Masteries. 6/6/18 In the Furiosity: Putting 5 points in Sorcery and 1 point Feast to increase your sustain in lane further. In Cunning: 5 points into Savagery to help CS, and 1 Point into Assassin to help with trading Damage. In Resolve: 5 Points into Unyielding to increase Armor an Magic Resist Ratios. 1 Point into Tough Skin, to increase damage reduction (Every point counts.) Runic Armor, since it synergizes VERY well with Garen's passive an Sterak's Gage Shield.. 1 point into Perseverance for the insane Lv.16 HP regen late game. 5 Points into Legendary Guardian to frontline better. An the last point into Bond of Stone.
Number Crunching: SO how much armor/magic resist and Damage Reduction WILL you have once teh build is complete.
Armor: SO at Lv.18 you will have 68 Armor + 80 Armor from the build + 5% from the Unyielding Mastery [ so +7.4 armor] plus Garen's base Armor at Lv.18 [78.5] = 233.9 Armor Which is pretty darn good. Magic Resistance: SO at Lv.18 you will have 57 + 70 from the build + 5% from Unyielding [ so +6.4 ] plus Garen's Base Armor at Lv.18 [ 53.4 ] = 187 Magic resist, which isn't that bad, BUT thanks to the amount of reduction will cover it.
SO what makes this build great? THE AMOUNT OF STACKED REDUCTION - Including and Not-including a Maokai.
So if Garen Activates W [30% Damage Reduction] + And the target is Marked with Phantom Dancer [ 12% ] + Is an Auto attack Champion [ 10% ] + if You have a Moakai on YOUR team who is ulting [ 20% ] and thanks to Bond of Stone [ 4% ] Gives you a WHOPPING = 76% DAMAGE REDUCTION!
AN Let say you don't have a Moakai an the person isn't an Auto Attacker YOU STILL GET = 46% Damage Reduction! That's AMAZING!
An your chase Potential? 12% From Phantom, Momentum Passive from Deadmans, An Q. That's ALOT OF SPEED toward a Target champion.
What do you think? I would like to hear from others, about their own build they think would be great.
An also what else could slide into the build and be dropped. Thanks for your time summoners.