Garren Rood Melee Courage Build
- High Single Target DPS
- Great Debuffs
- Good AOE DPS
- Low Mobility
- Low Range
Overview
This 
Garren Rood build focuses on stacking 
Courage to boost damage. This build focuses on melee combat, using the 
Oryn-Umbr to deal good damage while having the shield to rely on and use to throw so you can fight at mid-range while still remaining very strong in close range.
Virtues
Garren Rood skills mostly scale on Courage even though the Garren Rood doesn't offer extra innate Courage. However, the single target nuke 
Torment scales its damage with Courage, making it a very powerful virtue to stack up in order to oneshot enemies.
Skills
Torment – This single target nuke is fantastic for getting rid of one enemy at a time, dealing high damage that usually kills most enemies. And if it doesn't, it still deals good damage and stuns the enemy long enough for you to finish them off. Additionally:Another important part of Torment is that it also heals you to full HP, making this very important for self-healing and turning the Garren Rood into a very competent tank.
Behest – This is a fantastic debuff that blinds enemies and alos lowers their defenses when they are hit. You should use this once you stacked enemies together.
Stampede – A great AOE ability on its own, Stampede is fantastic for area of denial and keeping enemies take damage constantly in an area as stags appear and smash into them.
Garren Rood Upgrades
With both 
Herdheart & Righteous being broken in Prelude 10, there is no point upgrading them. Instead, upgrade Everbound, Mora's Pride alongside Akin as soon as possible. This will give you plenty of Courage and Max HP while Akin is great for lowering cooldowns.
Equipment
Joineries
Make sure your Joinery doesn’t change your weapon’s base attunement virtue. If you choose a Blessed version, pick “Blessed by Mora” and avoid other Blessed types.
Shield Upgrades
Flyblade Upgrades
