Garen Runes explained
There's one set of runes for Garen on patch 14.23 that is the clear favorite for LoL players and pros alike. The best Garen rune paths on the position 
Top are 
Sorcery as the primary path and 
Resolve as the secondary path with a pick rate of 45%. Besides picking runes on Garen you should learn how to play Garen and if you are interested in pro matches take a look on how a pro builds Garen. If you want to discuss 
Garen then you should visit the champion subreddit.
Garen runes from primary path
Sorcery empoweres abilities of Garen and increases the available champion resources. Most of high elo players – and our LoL pros in the the major regions – have agreed that 
Phase Rush is the best keystone rune to run on Garen. Phase Rush offers more flexibility and options to betake oneself in and out of danger, which can be helpful since that's essentially the main playstyle of Garen. Other primary runes on Garen are 
Nimbus Cloak, 
Celerity and 
Gathering Storm.
Nimbus Cloak, which grants movement speed upon using a summoner spell, works amazingly well with junglers in particular as they take the shortest cooldown summoner spell, 
Smite. Celerity boosts all movement speed bonuses to Garen. Gathering Storm increases your late game power.
Garen runes from secondary path
When it comes to your secondary path, most Garen players prefer to go with Resolve. Resolve empowers the survivability of Garen and increases the tankiness. On the Resolve path, the best runes for Garen are 
Overgrowth and 
Conditioning.
Overgrowth increases your maximum amount of health. Conditioning powers up Garen tankiness after the laning phase.
FAQ for Garen Runes
Which is the best keystone rune on Garen?
The best keystone rune on Garen is Phase Rush. This Garen runes setup is then referred as Garen Phase Rush.
What runes does Garen use?
Runes from the paths Sorcery and Resolve are the most used runes on Garen. For the exact pick rates of Garen runes used, you have to study the rune distribution presented.