Garen rework on PBE.

To me this feels like a rework so bruiser keystones can be used, conqueror will proc off E, maybe PTA will be viable too too. All with a minor tweak to punish low elo and buff higher elo mains.

In one way it's good low elo players will still Q and spam E and the decreased armour from W will ensure his winrate stays reasonable and not too high by punishing these trades. As will the e armour shred nerf.

The passive buff pre 11 will ensure more intelligent players cant be bullied as much but it because of the sheer amount of damage in the game it won't make a difference to extreme lane bullies like Renekton /Jax / Fiora / Trynd / Keenen / TEEMO and so many others I could name, Garens still gonna be shut down and useless in lane phase. Healing an extra say 50 health between an enemy combo cycle that chunks you for half your health isn't going to make a difference.

Problem is Garens combo completion meanwhile is too weak during lane phase, even TEEMO stands there spamming q and AA'ing outdamaging him before Garens E cycle completes. This will be an even bigger issue with the W nerf/E shred nerf.

I can't see E being better in lane phase Vs melee because of the armour shred reduction....... but it should be better late game now without single target reduction and possibly AS with certain items. And on hit is a bonus.

The one thing I feel for sure that is 100% better is that R buff. That could be the difference in this rework it actually feels like an ultimate now. On paper.

But for me the core problem is Garen gets bullied in lane phase by well.....everyone....and this rework does nothing to address that issue. Or range abusers.