Garen·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Garen Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Stridebreaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder and finish with Black Cleaver. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 46.2% winrate over 710 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Garen Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Stridebreaker as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder and Thornmail. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 40.7% win rate over 558 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Phase Rush as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Stridebreaker as a third item. You want to finish the build with Phantom Dancer, Dead Man's Plate and Mortal Reminder. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 49.2% win rate across 396 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Garen Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Bloodline with Coup de Grace as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Move Speed and Tenacity and Slow Resist as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Celestial Opposition as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Heartsteel as third item. The last 3 options are Dead Man's Plate, Spirit Visage and Frozen Heart. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 30.7% win rate over 101 matches played.

Situational Garen Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Garen build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.