Im tired of people pretending that Garen is ok because he's "immobile."
Darius, Illaoi, and Urgot are immobile. Garen is NOT. Have you ever tried to chase a Garen before? Have you ever tried running from a Garen as an ACTUAL immobile champion? The odds are usually in his favor in both scenarios. My complaint with Garen isn't that he simply does too much damage despite being tanky, it's that he's also, IN SPITE OF WHAT PEOPLE CLAIM, very mobile. I'm a player that's okay with Darius, Illaoi, and every other Juggernaut(Except Sett because of his passive regen), so this makes it clear that my issue with Garen is that he has more than tankiness + DMG.
For anyone who doesn't consider Garen to be mobile, just take these facts into consideration. Here's why even a Fizz/Ekko can't successfully chase down a Garen.
Garen with tier 2 boots, Tri-force, and Phantom Dancer has 500 MS for 3.5 seconds, then 422 MS during down time. For reference, melees generally have 385 movespeed with tier 2 boots, so Garen has an additional 115 MS when Q is up and an additional 37 MS when Q is down. Each point of movement speed means a champion moves that many units per second, therefore Garen moves an additional 115 units every second. 115*3.5 = 402, then as Garen waits for his next Q, he still has his additional 37 MS for 7.4(6.4 Q CD + 1 second timeout) seconds. 37x7.4= 273. In 10 seconds, Garen moves an additional 675 units. In 13.5 seconds he moves an additional 1,077 units.
Putting this into context, if an Ekko procced his passive on a Garen and ran away, Garen would catch up in 12 seconds and one shot Ekko anyway.
How do you kite? By CC-ing or being faster. 1. You're not faster than Garen. and 2. Garen scoffs off CC due to innate tenacity. garen is not immobile
and practically jump at your from off the screen. Garen's mobility compared to that is like nothing. Garen is easy to kite because you can easily see him coming, but of course if you put Garen in an empty arena with an immobile champion he'd run them down...but the game isn't balanced around 1v1 scenarios. If you're an immobile champion then avoid Garen and sit in the back of your team the same way you've avoid any enemy threat.