Garen Riot is out of their minds

Bard Bardington·Aug 28, 2019·4 votes·1,490 views

I am just at a complete loss of words and understanding for Riot and their complete disconnect from the game. With the changes we've seen happening to Garen he quickly became the most overpowered character in the game; with single E's capable of doing 10k+ damage, massive passive healing that is stronger than Warmogs. Riot is either creating a massive joke with Garen for the lols or they are without a doubt the most incapable game devs that I've seen.

What's worse is I am seeing no one talk about this outside of a few big name streamers/Youtubers. The community does not seem to be aware of how disgustingly disconnected the directors are from the game and its dangerous if we as the community do not make riot aware that they cannot be so grossly incompetent.

5 Comments

Absolut GarenSep 2, 20193 votes

They are gutting his W and in exchange for early game sustain his healing passive will also have weaker late scaling. They aren't proposing compensating with any increase in base stats. He won't be as tanky as he is now.

Q is not being changed. E is actually getting nerfed slightly on its already low AD scaling. They are instead adding an AS scaling that would give more spins if AS is built. There are NO Attack Speed items on Garen's recommended tab. The ONLY item that Garen currently build with any frequency that has attack speed, is TF. (Garen has good base AD, which results in strong Sheen procs, that synergize well with his Q - enough to make building a mana item worthwhile, if ahead.)

It's a bit confusing as to WHY Garen is getting this attention now. He received an ingenious buff a couple months ago, and he's in a relatively good spot right now (FOR HIM). There's a published list of champions who need the attention more.

Overall the changes would seem to conflict with Garen's standard playstyle and role, and also detract from his station as a "teaching champion", whose mechanics re-enforce good play habits.

Lrrr OmicronianSep 4, 20192 votes

Leave Garen alone.

5050BSAug 28, 20191 votes

The PBE's Current E looks much more balanced then before.

Romans VI XXIIIAug 29, 20191 votes

It was put on PBE and not Live for a reason. They have removed the On-hit mechanic and buffed the AS scaling know (currently still on PBE). Calm down lol.