Garen Build
The Might of Demacia
A proud and noble warrior, Garen fights as one of the Dauntless Vanguard. He is popular among his fellows, and respected well enough by his enemies—not least as a scion of the prestigious Crownguard family, entrusted with defending Demacia and its ideals. Clad in magic-resistant armor and bearing a mighty broadsword, Garen stands ready to confront mages and sorcerers on the field of battle, in a veritable whirlwind of righteous steel.
Garen Top Build
The most played Garen Top build on patch 26.21 runs Conqueror with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, plus Axiom Arcanist and Celerity from the secondary tree. Take Flash and Ignite. Start with Doran's Shield and Health Potion, then build Berserker's Greaves, Stridebreaker and Phantom Dancer, followed by Mortal Reminder, Dead Man's Plate and Sterak's Gage. Max E (Judgment) first, then Q (Decisive Strike), then W (Courage). It has a 51.3% win rate and a 7.0% pick rate.
Runes
Primary
Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Conqueror
Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror for 5s, gaining 1.8-4 Adaptive Force per stack. Stacks up to 12 times. Ranged champions gain only 1 stack per basic attack. When fully stacked, heal for 8% of the damage you deal to champions (5% for ranged champions).
Triumph
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Triumph
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold. 'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.' —Noxian Reckoner
Legend: Haste
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.
Legend: Haste
Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks). Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.
Last Stand
Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.
Last Stand
Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.
Secondary
Axiom Arcanist
Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.
Axiom Arcanist
Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding. (AoE damage is reduced to a 8% increase) Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown by 7%.
Celerity
All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.
Celerity
All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.
Summoner Spells
Flash
Cooldown 300s
Flash
Cooldown 300s
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Cooldown 180s
Ignite
Cooldown 180s
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Skill Priority
EJudgment
Cooldown 9/8.25/7.5/6.75/6s
Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies.
QDecisive Strike
Cooldown 8s
Garen gains a burst of Move Speed, breaking free of all slows affecting him. His next attack strikes a vital area of his foe, dealing bonus damage and silencing them.
WCourage
Cooldown 22/19.5/17/14.5/12s
Garen passively increases his Armor and Magic Resist by killing enemies. He may also activate this ability to give him a shield and tenacity for a brief moment followed by a lesser amount of damage reduction for a longer duration.
Item Build
Full build 16,150gStarting Items
Doran's Shield
450g
Doran's Shield
- 110 Health
Enduring Focus Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds. After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds. Helping Hand Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
50g
Health Potion
Consume Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
Core Build
1Berserker's Greaves
1,100g30% AS · 45 MS
Berserker's Greaves
1,100g- 30% Attack Speed
- 45 Move Speed
Enhances Move Speed and Attack Speed
2Stridebreaker
3,300g40 AD · 25% AS · 450 HP
Cleave · Breaking Shockwave
Stridebreaker
3,300g- 40 Attack Damage
- 25% Attack Speed
- 450 Health
Cleave Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies. Breaking Shockwave Deal physical damage and Slow nearby enemies by 35%. Gain 35% decaying Move Speed per champion hit for 3 seconds.
3Phantom Dancer
2,650g65% AS · 25% Crit · 10% MS
Spectral Waltz
Phantom Dancer
2,650g- 65% Attack Speed
- 25% Critical Strike Chance
- 10% Move Speed
Spectral Waltz Become Ghosted.
4Mortal Reminder
3,000g35 AD · 30% Armor Pen · 25% Crit
Grievous Wounds
Mortal Reminder
3,000g- 35 Attack Damage
- 30% Armor Penetration
- 25% Critical Strike Chance
Grievous Wounds Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
5Dead Man's Plate
2,900g350 HP · 55 Armor · 4% MS
Shipwrecker · Unsinkable
Dead Man's Plate
2,900g- 350 Health
- 55 Armor
- 4% Move Speed
Shipwrecker While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed. Your next Attack discharges built up Move Speed to deal bonus physical damage. Unsinkable Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 15%.
6Sterak's Gage
3,200g400 HP · 20% Tenacity
The Claws that Catch · Lifeline
Sterak's Gage
3,200g- 400 Health
- 20% Tenacity
The Claws that Catch Gain bonus Attack Damage. Lifeline Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a decaying Shield for 4.5 seconds.
Abilities & Skill Path
Perseverance
If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.
QDecisive Strike
Cooldown 8s
Garen gains a burst of Move Speed, breaking free of all slows affecting him. His next attack strikes a vital area of his foe, dealing bonus damage and silencing them.
WCourage
Cooldown 22/19.5/17/14.5/12s
Garen passively increases his Armor and Magic Resist by killing enemies. He may also activate this ability to give him a shield and tenacity for a brief moment followed by a lesser amount of damage reduction for a longer duration.
EJudgment
Cooldown 9/8.25/7.5/6.75/6s
Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies.
RDemacian Justice
Cooldown 120/100/80s
Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion.