Garen

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

49.8% Based on 412 games wr in Top

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Berserker's Greaves

   1100 gold

   25% Attack Speed
   45 Move Speed
   
   

   Berserker's Greaves

   40% pick · 45.2% Based on 155 picks wr
2. Item 1 3 options
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     Doran's Shield

     450 gold

     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.
     Doran's Shield

     47% pick · 47.2% Based on 193 picks wr
   • 
     Doran's Blade

     450 gold

     10 Attack Damage
     80 Health
     2.5% Omnivamp
     
     
     or Doran's Blade

     33% pick · 52.9% Based on 136 picks wr
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     Doran's Helm

     450 gold

     140 Health
     10 Armor
     10 Magic Resist
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     or Doran's Helm

     18% pick · 52.7% Based on 74 picks wr
3. Item 2 2 options
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     Stridebreaker

     3300 gold

     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.
     Stridebreaker

     80% pick · 51.6% Based on 316 picks wr
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     Trinity Force

     3333 gold

     36 Attack Damage
     30% Attack Speed
     333 Health
     15 Ability Haste
     
     Spellblade
     After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus physical damage On-Hit.
     
     Quicken
     Attacking grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
     or Trinity Force

     14% pick · 51.9% Based on 54 picks wr
4. Item 3 3 options
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     Phantom Dancer

     2650 gold

     65% Attack Speed
     25% Critical Strike Chance
     10% Move Speed
     
     Spectral Waltz
     Become Ghosted.
     Phantom Dancer

     37% pick · 55.6% Based on 124 picks wr
   • 
     Youmuu's Ghostblade

     2800 gold

     55 Attack Damage
     18 Lethality
     4% Move Speed
     
     Haunt
     Gain Move Speed while out of combat.
     
     Wraith Step
     Gain Move Speed and Ghosting for seconds.
     or Youmuu's Ghostblade

     16% pick · 48.1% Based on 54 picks wr
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     Mortal Reminder

     3000 gold

     35 Attack Damage
     30% Armor Penetration
     25% Critical Strike Chance
     
     Grievous Wounds
     Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
     or Mortal Reminder

     12% pick · 57.5% Based on 40 picks wr
5. Item 4 2 options
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     Mortal Reminder

     3000 gold

     35 Attack Damage
     30% Armor Penetration
     25% Critical Strike Chance
     
     Grievous Wounds
     Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
     Mortal Reminder

     30% pick · 62.1% Based on 66 picks wr
   • 
     Phantom Dancer

     2650 gold

     65% Attack Speed
     25% Critical Strike Chance
     10% Move Speed
     
     Spectral Waltz
     Become Ghosted.
     or Phantom Dancer

     15% pick · 57.6% Based on 33 picks wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

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Ignite

Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.

Ignite 88% · 51.5% Based on 363 picks wr

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Q Decisive Strike

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.

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W Courage

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.

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E Judgment

Garen rapidly spins his sword around his body, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies.

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R Demacian Justice

Garen calls upon the might of Demacia to attempt to execute an enemy champion.

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Precision

Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Fleet Footwork

Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS.

Conqueror · selected

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Absorb Life

Killing a target heals you.

Triumph · selected

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.

Presence of Mind

Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.

Legend: Alacrity

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.

Legend: Haste · selected

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.

Legend: Bloodline

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Life Steal, up to a cap. Once the cap is reached, increase your max health. Weaker earlier but stronger later game than other Legend Runes.

Coup de Grace

Deal more damage to low health enemy champions.

Cut Down

Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.

Last Stand · selected

Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.

Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist · selected

Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Celerity · selected

All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.

Scorch

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.

Waterwalking

Gain MS and AP or AD, adaptive in the river.

Gathering Storm

Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health · selected

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).