Garen's rework --- in my design.
There should also be a change to his HP scaling since this kit is a little heavy in CC, while he keeps his W to make him the tank that he is.
I figure the HP scaling should be reduced from +90.67 per level to +82.33 per level. The nerf is needed because of his new kit offering him greater CC and potentially more sustain in a team fight.
Garen is currently in a sort of awkward position where he benefits from building both damage-carry items and tank items, such as Infinity's Edge and a Warmog's in the same game. His skills need to reflect more of one or the other. I made my decision to make him a tank with some CC based on his huge model and character.
My goal was to make Garen a more popular pick based on what he can bring into the team. Instead of an extensive single target silence, he now has a shorter duration silence that is an AOE, short ranged skill shot with the potential to slow enemies. His ultimate now afffects multiple targets, but instead of an execution he can help his team secure multiple kills, or peel for his teammates. The critical strikes were removed from his E to discourage the infinitys edge, but some flat armor penetration that scales on Garen's level is now present to increase not only his own damage, but his teammates as well.
In my opinion, the changes are not too drastic considering he is keeping his iconic health regen, movement speed buff, silence, CC and damage reduction, and spin to win. These changes were designed with the intention of making Garen a tank with utility rather than a single target tank/damage hybrid.
If you are here to argue numbers, I understand that I am not a professional, but they were tweaks I made in comparison to other champions who share a similar role or ability. Of course, the numbers would be tweaked to balance by Riot anyway. Please leave me your opinion on the rework! And give me a bump! :P
Thank you for reading,
iKillDorks
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and many others are beginner friendly yet still see/have seen a lot of viability in high level play.