It is well known that ranged champions are extremely favored in ARAM, however, there are also some bruisers that stand out. Yeah, yeah, I am speaking about Garen. What makes this champion extremely strong in ARAM is his ability to initiate fights and sustain incurred damage, as well as his ability to quickly burst the enemy carries down.
To make Garen even more viable, today we are gonna cover the best possible ARAM build for him.
Best ARAM Garen Items
Stridebreaker
The first item we will want to take is the Stridebreaker. The item has a really powerful active ability which will slow all the enemies in proximity. Using this near enemies will allow us to get off more damage with our E since the enemy will have less ability to escape.
Phantom Dancer
This horror item has been introduced into Garen’s kit somewhat recently, and ever since, Garen has been dominating in every queue. The item is so strong because Garen converts the excess attack speed to E damage. As if that was not enough, Garen’s E can also critically strike. These two factors make for a really powerful combination.
Infinity Edge
We are not done with our E synergetic items yet, as the next item we will build is the Infinity Edge. At this point, everyone is probably familiar with how it works, but we will remind ourselves just in case. The item will give us a great flat amount of damage, critical strike, and critical strike damage.
The stats granted by this item will synergize with our other critical item, as well as the flat damage items we will build. Also, increasing the critical strike damage will significantly empower our E ability.
Black Cleaver
Another item that I find incredibly overpowered on Garen is the Black Cleaver. It will give us ability haste, HP, as well as significant and easy to proc armor penetration passive. Therefore, it gives us reasonable sustain, ability haste, as well as the ability to shred armored opposition.
Dead’s Man Plate
It’s only fair to conclude our build with an old-school Garen item. Dead’s Man Plate will give us late game protection through its armor and health stats. The item also has a super nice passive that will enhance our movement speed out of combat. The movement speed will be really nice for catching enemies, and engaging fights.
Boots
The boots we will want to take are the Berserker Greaves. These will help enhance our early damage on E, and we can upgrade to Zephyr in the late game.
Runes for ARAM Garen
- Conqueror
- Triumph
- Ability: Haste
- Last Stand
- Conditioning
- Overgrowth
The best keystone for Garen in ARAM, and generally, is the Conqueror. We can get it fully stacked rapidly, and enjoy the damage + healing benefits. The next rune we will want to take is Triumph, which will serve to heal us every once in a while.
The third rune in our loadout will be the Ability: Haste, because we find the cooldown reduction really useful. Next up, we will take the last stand to deal some extra damage when we are at our lowest (HP-wise, not life-wise).
Finally, we will take Conditioning and Overgrowth, these two will help give us armor and health, which will scale throughout the game.
Final Thoughts
Garen is a super powerful ARAM pick. It will strengthen your team composition and give you the ability to initiate fights and take down enemy carries. The best build is a mix of damage, critical strike, and a sprinkle of tankiness.