the claim that garen cant be buffed for high ranks without making him op in low ranks is a lie

there are plenty small tweaks that could be done that would improve him for mains and experienced players without buffing his numbers or even giving him ability reworks.

• allow him to cancel his spin after 0.5 seconds instead of locking him into it for a full second

it would allow him to do auto attack into spin/cancel auto attack animation cancel combos for small burst to get enemies into ult range who are close.

also, allowing him to cancel the spin after 1 damage tick helps him with lasthitting under the turret. you only need 1 spin tick + turret shot to get caster minions into cs range early on. the fact that youre forced to have the spin running for a full second can make prepping caster minions awkward, as its easy to accidentally get too much damage on them.

• have his q animation speed scale up with his base attack speed (his champion level)

so lategame auto attack + q + auto attack combos can be executed quicker, and flash + q plays become less clunky. during the early lane phase the slow animation is fine to give opponents some counterplay. but since his VU, garens q has been rightfully described as "the shittiest auto attack cancel in the game".

• dont lock him out of his w active, while his q animation is playing.

especially since the timing of his w became more important than ever with the addition of the mini fiora parry. right now you cant activate your w, while garen is stuck in his q animation.

most of these mechanics would help experienced players and mains to perform better with him at higher divisions, and theyre not even known by most players in lower divisions.