The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Solo Baron Line GAREN. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Long Sword +12 Attack Damage
500
Black Cleaver
Physical Damage reduces Armor +400 Max Health
+40 Attack Damage
+20 Ability Haste
Sunder: Dealing physical damage to a champion reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds, stacking 4 times for 24% reduction.
Rage: Gain 20 Movement Speed when you deal physical damage, and gain 40 Move Speed when moving toward enemy champions with 4 Sunder stacks. Ranged champions gain halved values. 3000
Black Cleaver TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who deal physical damage and need to fight tanky opponents. The "Sunder" effect reduces the enemy’s armor when dealing physical damage, making it effective at shredding through tanks with high resistance. The movement speed bonus, activated when dealing physical damage, helps maintain mobility on the battlefield. It's a great choice for fighters and junglers who can quickly apply multiple stacks of the item’s passive, reducing the enemy's armor and increasing the overall damage dealt.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces Physical Damage +150 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Armor
+45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% ().
1350
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots are perfect for champions who need protection against physical damage and extra durability. They provide bonuses to health, regeneration, and armor, along with increased movement speed. The “Block” passive reduces incoming physical damage, helping you stay in fights longer and fulfill your frontline role. Especially useful for tanks, fighters, and supports who often absorb basic attacks and physical damage from enemies.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks +425 Max Health
+25 Attack Damage
+25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage on-hit, with a minimum damage equal to 125% base AD and a maximum damage against monsters equal to 225% base AD.
If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health and a minimum heal equal to (90% melee / 50% ranged) base AD (1.5 second cooldown, begins after using the empowered attack).
Limitations: Limited to 1 sheen item. 3400
Divine Sunderer TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who actively use their abilities and auto-attacks to deal damage, such as fighters. It provides bonuses to maximum health, attack damage, and ability haste, helping to improve survivability and increase damage. The "Spellblade" effect allows you to deal bonus physical damage based on the target’s maximum health after using an ability, and also heal when attacking enemy champions. This item helps you deal damage and sustain in fights, making it especially useful for extended engagements.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces Physical Damage +150 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Armor
+45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% ().
1350
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots are perfect for champions who need protection against physical damage and extra durability. They provide bonuses to health, regeneration, and armor, along with increased movement speed. The “Block” passive reduces incoming physical damage, helping you stay in fights longer and fulfill your frontline role. Especially useful for tanks, fighters, and supports who often absorb basic attacks and physical damage from enemies.
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Magic Resistance
+45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken by 7-12% ().
1350
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots are perfect for champions who need protection against magic damage and crowd control. They grant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance, along with increased movement speed. The “Dissolve” passive further reduces incoming magic damage, helping you survive against teams heavy in AP damage. Especially useful for tanks, fighters, and supports who often face crowd control and magic damage sources.
Stoneplate Enchant
Shield
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a shield that absorbs 28% of your max Health. The shield decays over 4 seconds. (60s Cooldown) Fore every enemy nearby, gain an additional shield that absorbs damage equal to 10% of max Health, capped at 3 shields. Damage dealt is reduced by 40% for 4 seconds. If the shield breaks early, damage reduction will end. 500
Stoneplate Enchant TIPS: This enchant grants you a substantial shield based on your max health, growing stronger for each nearby enemy, and significantly reduces incoming damage while active. Perfect for tanks looking to initiate fights and absorb heavy damage in the midst of multiple foes.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Quicksilver Enchant TIPS: This enchant cleanses all crowd control effects, grants brief CC immunity, then boosts your tenacity and slow resist. Perfect for champions who need to quickly purge control to stay in the fight.
Black Cleaver
Physical Damage reduces Armor +400 Max Health
+40 Attack Damage
+20 Ability Haste
Sunder: Dealing physical damage to a champion reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds, stacking 4 times for 24% reduction.
Rage: Gain 20 Movement Speed when you deal physical damage, and gain 40 Move Speed when moving toward enemy champions with 4 Sunder stacks. Ranged champions gain halved values. 3000
Black Cleaver TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who deal physical damage and need to fight tanky opponents. The "Sunder" effect reduces the enemy’s armor when dealing physical damage, making it effective at shredding through tanks with high resistance. The movement speed bonus, activated when dealing physical damage, helps maintain mobility on the battlefield. It's a great choice for fighters and junglers who can quickly apply multiple stacks of the item’s passive, reducing the enemy's armor and increasing the overall damage dealt.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces Physical Damage +150 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Armor
+45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% ().
1350
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots are perfect for champions who need protection against physical damage and extra durability. They provide bonuses to health, regeneration, and armor, along with increased movement speed. The “Block” passive reduces incoming physical damage, helping you stay in fights longer and fulfill your frontline role. Especially useful for tanks, fighters, and supports who often absorb basic attacks and physical damage from enemies.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks +425 Max Health
+25 Attack Damage
+25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage on-hit, with a minimum damage equal to 125% base AD and a maximum damage against monsters equal to 225% base AD.
If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health and a minimum heal equal to (90% melee / 50% ranged) base AD (1.5 second cooldown, begins after using the empowered attack).
Limitations: Limited to 1 sheen item. 3400
Divine Sunderer TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who actively use their abilities and auto-attacks to deal damage, such as fighters. It provides bonuses to maximum health, attack damage, and ability haste, helping to improve survivability and increase damage. The "Spellblade" effect allows you to deal bonus physical damage based on the target’s maximum health after using an ability, and also heal when attacking enemy champions. This item helps you deal damage and sustain in fights, making it especially useful for extended engagements.
Sterak's Gage
Taking damage triggers a shield +400 Max Health
Heavy Handed: +50% base Attack Damage as bonus Attack Damage.
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield that equal to 75% of your bonus health
that decays over 3 seconds (90s Cooldown).
Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size, empowers you, removes all crowd control effects on you (except Airborne), and grants 30% Tenacity for 4 seconds. 3200
Sterak's Gage TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need survivability in team fights, especially for tanks and fighters who take frontline positions. It provides bonuses to maximum health, attack damage, and helps increase your survivability. The "Lifeline" effect activates when your health drops below 35%, granting a shield that absorbs damage, helping you survive heavy hits. "Sterak's Fury" empowers you, increases your size, removes crowd control effects (except airborne), and grants 30% tenacity for 4 seconds, allowing you to survive and continue fighting through heavy crowd control and burst damage from enemies. This item is especially useful against champions with burst damage, such as Zed and Talon, and against champions with heavy CC, like Lissandra and Nautilus.
Titanic Hydra
Attacks deal bonus damage in a area +450 Max Health
Colossus: Gain AD equal to 15 + 2.5% bonus
.
Cleave: Every 1.75 second(s), your next attack deals bonus physical damage equal to 25 + 3% bonus (also applies to turrets), creating a shockwave that deals physical damage equal to 80 + 10% bonus
to enemies behind the target. Ranged champions deal 75% of the damage.
3000
Titanic Hydra TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who are involved in frequent skirmishes and rely on physical damage and survivability. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, increasing your damage based on your health. The "Cleave" effect allows you to deal bonus physical damage with each attack, creating a shockwave that deals damage to enemies behind the target, making it effective for both dueling and turret damage. This item is especially useful for champions who engage in frequent skirmishes and can take advantage of the bonus damage to hit multiple targets.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +60 Armor
+60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance
by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Titanic Hydra
Attacks deal bonus damage in a area +450 Max Health
Colossus: Gain AD equal to 15 + 2.5% bonus
.
Cleave: Every 1.75 second(s), your next attack deals bonus physical damage equal to 25 + 3% bonus (also applies to turrets), creating a shockwave that deals physical damage equal to 80 + 10% bonus
to enemies behind the target. Ranged champions deal 75% of the damage.
3000
Titanic Hydra TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who are involved in frequent skirmishes and rely on physical damage and survivability. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, increasing your damage based on your health. The "Cleave" effect allows you to deal bonus physical damage with each attack, creating a shockwave that deals damage to enemies behind the target, making it effective for both dueling and turret damage. This item is especially useful for champions who engage in frequent skirmishes and can take advantage of the bonus damage to hit multiple targets.
Randuin's Omen
Attack to heal from enemy Critical Strikes +400 Max Health
+75 Armor
Countercurrent: When you are Critically Struck or take physical damage, gain 1 stack of Countercurrent. Each stack of Countercurrent grants 5% Critical Strike damage reduction. Stacks up to 4 times. Upon reaching full stacks, grants 20% bonus Movement Speed and slow resist equal to 20% plus 0.5% of bonus Health.
2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: Randuin's Omen Attack to heal from enemy Critical Strikes +400 Max Health +75 Armor Countercurrent: When you are Critically Struck or take physical damage, gain 1 stack of Countercurrent. Each stack of Countercurrent grants 5% Critical Strike damage reduction. Stacks up to 4 times. Upon reaching full stacks, grants 20% bonus Movement Speed and slow resist equal to 20% plus 0.5% of bonus Health. 2800 Randuin's Omen TIPS: Pick the item if enemy team has a lot of physical damage, you need increased armor and you want to get an additional bonus to movement speed and resistance to slowdowns.. Effective against champions who deal consistent crit based damage like Jinx, Yasuo or Tryndamere.
Titanic Hydra
Attacks deal bonus damage in a area +450 Max Health
Colossus: Gain AD equal to 15 + 2.5% bonus
.
Cleave: Every 1.75 second(s), your next attack deals bonus physical damage equal to 25 + 3% bonus (also applies to turrets), creating a shockwave that deals physical damage equal to 80 + 10% bonus
to enemies behind the target. Ranged champions deal 75% of the damage.
3000
Titanic Hydra TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who are involved in frequent skirmishes and rely on physical damage and survivability. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, increasing your damage based on your health. The "Cleave" effect allows you to deal bonus physical damage with each attack, creating a shockwave that deals damage to enemies behind the target, making it effective for both dueling and turret damage. This item is especially useful for champions who engage in frequent skirmishes and can take advantage of the bonus damage to hit multiple targets.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing +250 Max Health
+45 Attack Damage
+15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who face enemies with high sustain, such as Dr. Mundo, Soraka, and Yuumi, who have significant healing abilities. The "Punishment" effect applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of healing and regeneration by 50%, making this item effective against champions who rely on healing. It’s also useful against champions who rely on lifesteal, such as Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora, as it helps reduce the effectiveness of their healing.
Titanic Hydra
Attacks deal bonus damage in a area +450 Max Health
Colossus: Gain AD equal to 15 + 2.5% bonus
.
Cleave: Every 1.75 second(s), your next attack deals bonus physical damage equal to 25 + 3% bonus (also applies to turrets), creating a shockwave that deals physical damage equal to 80 + 10% bonus
to enemies behind the target. Ranged champions deal 75% of the damage.
3000
Titanic Hydra TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who are involved in frequent skirmishes and rely on physical damage and survivability. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, increasing your damage based on your health. The "Cleave" effect allows you to deal bonus physical damage with each attack, creating a shockwave that deals damage to enemies behind the target, making it effective for both dueling and turret damage. This item is especially useful for champions who engage in frequent skirmishes and can take advantage of the bonus damage to hit multiple targets.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +350 Max Health
+55 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%. 2750
Force of Nature TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and magic resistance, and its “Absorb” passive stacks up when you take ability damage from enemy champions, reducing all incoming magic damage and granting bonus movement speed at max stacks. It’s perfect for tanks who need to withstand teams heavy in magic damage and maintain mobility to be in the right position during fights. Pick this up when the enemy team builds magic damage (e.g., Syndra, Brand) and you need extra movement speed to initiate effectively or escape dangerous situations.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks +425 Max Health
+25 Attack Damage
+25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage on-hit, with a minimum damage equal to 125% base AD and a maximum damage against monsters equal to 225% base AD.
If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health and a minimum heal equal to (90% melee / 50% ranged) base AD (1.5 second cooldown, begins after using the empowered attack).
Limitations: Limited to 1 sheen item. 3400
Divine Sunderer TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who actively use their abilities and auto-attacks to deal damage, such as fighters. It provides bonuses to maximum health, attack damage, and ability haste, helping to improve survivability and increase damage. The "Spellblade" effect allows you to deal bonus physical damage based on the target’s maximum health after using an ability, and also heal when attacking enemy champions. This item helps you deal damage and sustain in fights, making it especially useful for extended engagements.
Trinity Force
Well-Rounded +250 Max Health
+30 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
+25 Ability Haste
Fervor: +5% Move Speed.
Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to 200% base AD(1.5s Cooldown). Damage is reduced vs structures.
Valor: Attacks grant 20 Move Speed and kills grant 60 Move Speed for 2 seconds. Bonuses do not stack. Ranged champions gain halved values. 3333
Trinity Force TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who frequently use both abilities and auto-attacks in combat. It provides bonuses to health, attack damage, attack speed, and ability haste, making it a versatile choice for fighters who are in the thick of the action. The "Spellblade" effect allows you to deal bonus physical damage after using an ability, enhancing your auto-attacks. The "Valor" effect grants bonus movement speed after attacks, making you more mobile in fights. This item is especially useful for champions who frequently use their abilities but also rely on auto-attacks to deal damage.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Grasp of Undying
Tank, Heal
Every 3s in combat, your next attack on a champion will be enhanced.
Bonus magic damage: 2%
Heal: 2.5%
Permanently health increase: 10
On Ranged champions, the effects are reduced by 60%.
Nullifying Orb
Shield when low health
If you would take damage from a champion that causes you to fall below 35% of your maximum health, grants a shield that absorbs up to 60-190 () damage for 4s.
Cooldown: 60s
Second Wind
Heal after taking damage
Gain 5 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 6 + (2% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Overgrowth
Bonus HP
When 2 minions or 1 monsters are killed nearby, permanently gains 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains a bonus 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Demolish
Destroy Turrets
When within 5.5 range of the enemy turret, gain a charge every 0.5 seconds, up to 6 times. When fully charged, your next basic attack against the turret deals an additional (200 + 30% max ) Physical Damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Overgrowth
Bonus HP
When 2 minions or 1 monsters are killed nearby, permanently gains 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains a bonus 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Perseverance
Armor and Magic Resistance, Tenacity
Gain 10% Tenacity. When immobilized, gain 16-30 Armor and Magic Resistance () for 1.5 seconds. Refresh duration time when immobilized multiple times.
(Q) DECISIVE STRIKE
9/8.5/8/7.5s
Breaks free from all slows, Briefly becoming immune to them for 0.5 seconds and gaining 35% of Movement Speed for 3 seconds.
The next attack within 2/2.5/3/3.5 seconds is empowered to deal 66 physical damage (40/80/120/160 + 40% ) and silence the target for 1.5 seconds.
(W) COURAGE
18/16/14/12s
Passive: Gains 10% bonus Magic Resist and
Armor.
Active: Reduces incoming damage by 30% for 4 seconds. On cast, Garen gains 60% Tenacity for 1 second(s) and a shield that absorbs 65 damage (65/95/125/155 + 20% bonus ) for 2.5 seconds. The shield starts decaying after 1 second(s).
(E) JUDGMENT
9s
First cast: Rapidly spins his sword for 3 second(s), dealing 38 physical damage (15/19/23/27 + 35/40/45/50% ) 8 time(s) over the duration. Every 4 levels, the number of spins increases by 1, up to 11 strikes. Judgment can be recast by tapping the ability button 1 second(s) after the first cast.
Armor Shred: When a champion is hit by 6 strike(s), their Armor is shredded by 25% for 4.5 second(s). Every hit refreshes the effect duration. The target nearest to Garen takes 20% increased damage.
Re-cast: Ends Judgment early and reduces its cooldown by the duration remaining.
(R) DEMACIAN JUSTICE
70/65/60s
Calls forth the might of Demacia to execute an enemy champion, dealing true damage equal to 150/250/350 plus 15% (15/20/25% + 0.12% bonus ) of the target's missing health. Nearby enemies take true damage equal to 75/125/175 plus 7.5% (7.5/10/12.5% + 0.06% bonus
) of their missing health.
Deals a max 600 damage to epic monsters.
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Solo Baron GAREN. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Solo Baron GAREN in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces Physical Damage +150 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Armor
+45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% ().
1350
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots are perfect for champions who need protection against physical damage and extra durability. They provide bonuses to health, regeneration, and armor, along with increased movement speed. The “Block” passive reduces incoming physical damage, helping you stay in fights longer and fulfill your frontline role. Especially useful for tanks, fighters, and supports who often absorb basic attacks and physical damage from enemies.
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +40 Attack Damage
+40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 30% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (210s Cooldown) 3400
Guardian Angel TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Randuin's Omen
Attack to heal from enemy Critical Strikes +400 Max Health
+75 Armor
Countercurrent: When you are Critically Struck or take physical damage, gain 1 stack of Countercurrent. Each stack of Countercurrent grants 5% Critical Strike damage reduction. Stacks up to 4 times. Upon reaching full stacks, grants 20% bonus Movement Speed and slow resist equal to 20% plus 0.5% of bonus Health.
2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: Randuin's Omen Attack to heal from enemy Critical Strikes +400 Max Health +75 Armor Countercurrent: When you are Critically Struck or take physical damage, gain 1 stack of Countercurrent. Each stack of Countercurrent grants 5% Critical Strike damage reduction. Stacks up to 4 times. Upon reaching full stacks, grants 20% bonus Movement Speed and slow resist equal to 20% plus 0.5% of bonus Health. 2800 Randuin's Omen TIPS: Pick the item if enemy team has a lot of physical damage, you need increased armor and you want to get an additional bonus to movement speed and resistance to slowdowns.. Effective against champions who deal consistent crit based damage like Jinx, Yasuo or Tryndamere.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health
+75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an enemy champion's attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 2% bonus Health
magic damage to the attacker and inflict 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 second(s).
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item provides a large boost to health and armor, and its “Thorns” passive reflects magic damage when hit by basic attacks, applying Grievous Wounds to reduce enemy healing. It’s ideal against multiple auto-attack or strong heal champions, and helps you soak damage for your team. Pick this up when the enemy team has many auto-attack reliant champions (e.g., Yasuo, Tryndamere, Jinx) or heavy healing (e.g., Soraka, Vladimir, Samira), and you need to absorb incoming damage.
Iceborn Gauntlet
Attacks create a slowing field +250 Max Health
+50 Armor
+250 Max Mana
+30 Ability Haste
Spellblade: Using an ability causes your next attack within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to (100% base AD + 25% Bonus Armor
) in an area. It also creates an icy field for 2 seconds that slows enemies inside by 30%. Armor increases the size of the icy field. (1.5s Cooldown)
Damage is reduced vs structures. 3100
Iceborn Gauntlet TIPS: This item greatly boosts your health, armor, mana, and ability haste, making you much tankier. After casting an ability, your next attack in an area deals bonus physical damage and creates an icy field that slows enemies inside by 30%. The field’s size scales with your armor. This makes the item a great choice for champions who want to combine high survivability with crowd control and extra AOE damage.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +250 Max Health
+50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 50% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and armor, and its “Momentum” passive builds movement speed as you move—up to a cap—until you land an attack, which then triggers “Crushing Blow”, dealing bonus magic damage based on the momentum removed and slowing enemies at full stacks. This makes it an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need extra mobility to engage quickly and sustain through fights. Tips: ideal for champions who need to close distance and absorb damage; pairs extremely well with Spellblade items (e.g., Divine Sunderer) for additional burst damage on engage.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks +425 Max Health
+25 Attack Damage
+25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage on-hit, with a minimum damage equal to 125% base AD and a maximum damage against monsters equal to 225% base AD.
If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health and a minimum heal equal to (90% melee / 50% ranged) base AD (1.5 second cooldown, begins after using the empowered attack).
Limitations: Limited to 1 sheen item. 3400
Divine Sunderer TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who actively use their abilities and auto-attacks to deal damage, such as fighters. It provides bonuses to maximum health, attack damage, and ability haste, helping to improve survivability and increase damage. The "Spellblade" effect allows you to deal bonus physical damage based on the target’s maximum health after using an ability, and also heal when attacking enemy champions. This item helps you deal damage and sustain in fights, making it especially useful for extended engagements.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +250 Max Health
+75 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 20 + 0.5%+ 0.4% of enemy's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds.
3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who are up against tanks or champions with large health pools. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, and magic penetration, enhancing your abilities and allowing you to deal damage to enemies with high health. The "Torment" effect deals bonus magic damage based on the enemy’s maximum health, making it an excellent choice against tanks and high-health champions. This item is especially useful when the enemy team consists of multiple tank champions, as it allows you to effectively deal damage even to high-survivability heroes.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +25 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Thirst:+10% Physical Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health
on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 9%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item is a great source of sustain with its lifesteal, but it is mostly picked for its ability to cut through tanks or champions who heavily stack health, like Dr. Mundo. "Ruined Strikes" deals bonus physical damage based on the enemy's current health, which helps break through high health pools. The "Drain" effect reduces the enemy's movement speed, deals bonus magic damage, and steals part of their speed, making it useful for maneuvering in fights and reducing the mobility of enemies.
Exhaust
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Movement Speed by 35% and their damage dealt by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Serylda's Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows +40 Attack Damage
+15 Ability Haste
Last Whisper: +33% Armor Penetration
.
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second. 3100
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need to slow down enemies and improve their kiting potential. It provides bonuses to attack damage, armor penetration, and ability haste, helping you effectively control enemies in fights. The slowing effect applies when using active abilities or empowered attacks, allowing you to maintain distance, control the pace of the fight, and assist your team by reducing enemy mobility.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Abilities apply slows +300 Max Health
+65 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second. 2700
Rylai's Crystal Scepter TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who deal damage with area-of-effect abilities and want to slow down enemies. It provides bonuses to health, ability power, and magic penetration, enhancing your abilities and increasing survivability. The "Icy" effect slows enemies by 30% for 1 second when dealing damage with active abilities or empowered attacks. This makes the item an excellent choice for champions with area-of-effect damage who can control the battlefield and slow enemies, such as Lissandra or Amumu.
Iceborn Gauntlet
Attacks create a slowing field +250 Max Health
+50 Armor
+250 Max Mana
+30 Ability Haste
Spellblade: Using an ability causes your next attack within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to (100% base AD + 25% Bonus Armor
) in an area. It also creates an icy field for 2 seconds that slows enemies inside by 30%. Armor increases the size of the icy field. (1.5s Cooldown)
Damage is reduced vs structures. 3100
Iceborn Gauntlet TIPS: This item greatly boosts your health, armor, mana, and ability haste, making you much tankier. After casting an ability, your next attack in an area deals bonus physical damage and creates an icy field that slows enemies inside by 30%. The field’s size scales with your armor. This makes the item a great choice for champions who want to combine high survivability with crowd control and extra AOE damage.
Sterak's Gage
Taking damage triggers a shield +400 Max Health
Heavy Handed: +50% base Attack Damage as bonus Attack Damage.
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield that equal to 75% of your bonus health
that decays over 3 seconds (90s Cooldown).
Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size, empowers you, removes all crowd control effects on you (except Airborne), and grants 30% Tenacity for 4 seconds. 3200
Sterak's Gage TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need survivability in team fights, especially for tanks and fighters who take frontline positions. It provides bonuses to maximum health, attack damage, and helps increase your survivability. The "Lifeline" effect activates when your health drops below 35%, granting a shield that absorbs damage, helping you survive heavy hits. "Sterak's Fury" empowers you, increases your size, removes crowd control effects (except airborne), and grants 30% tenacity for 4 seconds, allowing you to survive and continue fighting through heavy crowd control and burst damage from enemies. This item is especially useful against champions with burst damage, such as Zed and Talon, and against champions with heavy CC, like Lissandra and Nautilus.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second.
3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item is a great choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie, who can quickly take you down. It provides bonuses to attack damage, magic resistance, and ability haste, helping you resist magic damage. The "Demonbane" effect converts a portion of the physical damage you deal into a magic shield that absorbs magic damage, making it especially effective against both burst and sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a Shield and Physical Vamp when health is low +40 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
+15% Attack Speed
+5% Physical Vamp
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health preemptively grants a shield that absorbs 250-550 damage (
) for 5 seconds. (90s Cooldown).
Buttle Furor: Triggering Lifeline grants +8% Physical Vamp for 8 seconds.
3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a lot of sustain in fights. It provides bonuses to attack damage, critical strike chance, attack speed, and physical vamp, helping you sustain and deal damage. The "Lifeline" effect activates when your health drops below 35%, granting a shield that absorbs damage for 5 seconds, giving you a chance to survive dangerous moments in a fight. "Buttle Furor" adds physical vamp when the shield is triggered, enhancing your sustain. This item is especially useful for champions who rely on high AD, such as Draven and Jhin, and when facing champions who deal a lot of physical damage, such as Master Yi, and Tryndamere.
Locket Enchant
Area of effect magic shield
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 60-330 damage for 2.5 seconds. (60s cooldown)
This effect is reduced by 50% if the target has been affected by another Locket in the last 20 seconds. 500
Locket Enchant TIPS: This enchant grants a magic shield to you and nearby allies, absorbing damage for a brief duration. The shield is ideal in large teamfights, providing extra protection and opportunities for counterplay. Perfect for tanks who frequently stand in the thick of battle and want to safeguard their team during critical moments.
Stoneplate Enchant
Shield
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a shield that absorbs 28% of your max Health. The shield decays over 4 seconds. (60s Cooldown) Fore every enemy nearby, gain an additional shield that absorbs damage equal to 10% of max Health, capped at 3 shields. Damage dealt is reduced by 40% for 4 seconds. If the shield breaks early, damage reduction will end. 500
Stoneplate Enchant TIPS: This enchant grants you a substantial shield based on your max health, growing stronger for each nearby enemy, and significantly reduces incoming damage while active. Perfect for tanks looking to initiate fights and absorb heavy damage in the midst of multiple foes.
9/8.5/8/7.5s
Breaks free from all slows, Briefly becoming immune to them for 0.5 seconds and gaining 35% of Movement Speed for 3 seconds.
The next attack within 2/2.5/3/3.5 seconds is empowered to deal 66 physical damage (40/80/120/160 + 40% ) and silence the target for 1.5 seconds.
18/16/14/12s
Passive: Gains 10% bonus Magic Resist and
Armor.
Active: Reduces incoming damage by 30% for 4 seconds. On cast, Garen gains 60% Tenacity for 1 second(s) and a shield that absorbs 65 damage (65/95/125/155 + 20% bonus ) for 2.5 seconds. The shield starts decaying after 1 second(s).
9s
First cast: Rapidly spins his sword for 3 second(s), dealing 38 physical damage (15/19/23/27 + 35/40/45/50% ) 8 time(s) over the duration. Every 4 levels, the number of spins increases by 1, up to 11 strikes. Judgment can be recast by tapping the ability button 1 second(s) after the first cast.
Armor Shred: When a champion is hit by 6 strike(s), their Armor is shredded by 25% for 4.5 second(s). Every hit refreshes the effect duration. The target nearest to Garen takes 20% increased damage.
Re-cast: Ends Judgment early and reduces its cooldown by the duration remaining.
70/65/60s
Calls forth the might of Demacia to execute an enemy champion, dealing true damage equal to 150/250/350 plus 15% (15/20/25% + 0.12% bonus ) of the target's missing health. Nearby enemies take true damage equal to 75/125/175 plus 7.5% (7.5/10/12.5% + 0.06% bonus
) of their missing health.
Deals a max 600 damage to epic monsters.
Use this combo to assassinate a priority target and disengage safely.
Use (Q) DECISIVE STRIKE to boost your Movement Speed while approaching the enemy, ideally from a brush. Follow up with AA and (E) JUDGMENT once in range. Use (R) DEMACIAN JUSTICE to execute the target when they are low enough. FLASH away during (R) to shorten cast time and disengage.