Gardens promised changes

i think the thing is, that hes not actually in that bad of a shape. at least compared to most of his existence.

if their "larger" garen changes are a set of improvements to the a.i. of the villainy passive, his animations, and tweaks to his kit like not locking him out of his w during his q animation, he would probably easily be viable into master tier.

it may not sound like much, but a set of small changes like that which make a champion noticably less clunky to play can have a large impact on his performance, without even giving him a kit rework.

especially improvements to how villainy choses his target (without even changing what the mechanic does for his kit) can make a massive difference imo.

id really like if they tried that first. maybe add that fighter keystone and make it syngerize better than the other few options with his kit overall, and hes golden.