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: It's effective against tanky opponents and can help shred their armor. Good for champions who rely on physical damage and have the ability to quickly apply multiple stacks of the item's passive.
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
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
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
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
Gargoyle 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 14% 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
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
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: It's effective against tanky opponents and can help shred their armor. Good for champions who rely on physical damage and have the ability to quickly apply multiple stacks of the item's passive.
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
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
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: Increase survivability in team fights to be tankier frontliner. It's effective against champions with burst damage like Zed, Talon and against champions with heavy CC like Lissandra and Nautilus, as the shield can help you survive their initial burst and crowd control.
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: Good for skirmish heavy champions.
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: The item increases your stamina during combat, in addition to high defensive characteristics, it reduces the slowdown effects imposed on you. It enjoys great popularity among bruisers and tanks.
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: Good for skirmish heavy champions.
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: Good for skirmish heavy champions.
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: Strong item to build when facing enemy champions with high sustain like Mundo, Soraka and Yuumi who have significant healing abilities. It can also be useful against champions who rely on lifesteal like Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora.
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: Good for skirmish heavy champions.
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: Tank item which is recommended in situations where: 1) enemy team has a lot of magic damage; 2) you need increased movement speed. Effective against champions like Syndra, Brand, etc.
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
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: Offers a variety of stats. Good if your champion uses their abilities often but also auto-attacks alot.
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: 3%.
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
Reduce damage taken for 4s. For the first 1 second(s), damage is reduced by 70% and Garen gains 60% Tenacity.
Damage is reduced by 30% for the remaining duration.
Tenacity reduces the duration of most movement impairing effects.
(E) JUDGMENT
9s
Rapidly spin in a bladestorm for 3 seconds, dealing 32 physical damage (12/16/20/24 + 35/40/45/50% ) 8 times (total base damage for all ticks dealing 128 physical damage (88/112/136/160 + 30/35/40/45%
)). Enemies hit by the bladestorm's edge are critically struck for 135/140/145/150% damage.
Deals 60% () damage to minions.
Re-cast: Stops spinning.
(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
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +40 Attack Damage
+40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% and Health и 30% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (210s Cooldown) 3400
Guardian Angel TIPS: Second chance in teamfights. Effective against high burst damage champions (Zed, Syndra, Zoe, etc.) and strong diving potential (Camille, Kha’Zix, Lee Sin, etc.).
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: Consider in the following situations: 1) when facing multiple auto-attack reliant champions on the enemy team, such as Tryndamere, Yasuo, and Jinx; 2) reduce the effectiveness of healing when playing against Soraka, Vladimir or Samira; 3) soak up 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: Makes you tankier while slowing and dealing damage to enemies.
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: Great for tanks and bruisers who need extra movement speed and durability. Also provides excellent burst especially in combination with spellblade items (e.g. Divine Sunderer).
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
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: Liandry's is good against tanks. Pick it up when the enemy consists of multiple tank champions.
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: Is a great source of sustain with it’s lifesteal but mostly picked for it’s ability to cut through tanks or champions who heavily stack health like Dr. Mundo.
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: There is a need to slow down enemy champions and improve their kiting potential. A good item to build if you want to control the pace of the fight and peel for your team.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Abilities apply slows +350 Max Health
+70 Ability Power
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second. 2700
Rylai's Crystal Scepter TIPS: This item will allow you to slow the enemy whenever your abilities deal damage to them. Pick up on champions with lots of AOE.
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: Makes you tankier while slowing and dealing damage to enemies.
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: Increase survivability in team fights to be tankier frontliner. It's effective against champions with burst damage like Zed, Talon and against champions with heavy CC like Lissandra and Nautilus, as the shield can help you survive their initial burst and crowd control.
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: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against 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: Recommended when you need a lot of sustain in fights; play a champion that benefits from high AD, (i.e. Draven, Jhin) or facing champions that deal a lot of physical damage (i.e. Zed, Master Yi, Tryndamere).
Locket Enchant
Area of effect magic shield
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 60-390 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: Is great on tanks who are good in team fights.
Gargoyle 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 14% 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
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
Reduce damage taken for 4s. For the first 1 second(s), damage is reduced by 70% and Garen gains 60% Tenacity.
Damage is reduced by 30% for the remaining duration.
Tenacity reduces the duration of most movement impairing effects.
9s
Rapidly spin in a bladestorm for 3 seconds, dealing 32 physical damage (12/16/20/24 + 35/40/45/50% ) 8 times (total base damage for all ticks dealing 128 physical damage (88/112/136/160 + 30/35/40/45%
)). Enemies hit by the bladestorm's edge are critically struck for 135/140/145/150% damage.
Deals 60% () damage to minions.
Re-cast: Stops spinning.
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.