Garen

I don't understand why he's not a competitve pick. I mean I know why but at the same time if you think about his kit, it makes understanding why very hard.

His old kit sure was easy to identfy why, but now day? Buffed Q, more spins, armor shred, hp regen, exicute, no mana, built in shield and resistances. Built in movement speed and cc removal. Built in silence. Good team fighter, engage, disengage, frontline diver tank.

I mean when you mention all the things hee has going, its hard to see why he's not played in LCS and other tournys. Which is why, I made this post. Is garen really not competitive or are we just thinking about his build wrong that's stopping him? I know he doesn't have much room to out play others just himself but Honestly he's just naturally strong without the plays. Which brings up the question do you need an out play mechanic to be competitve if your champion (garen) is Strong without 1, which he is strong with out. Granted some will call his Q an out play or w timing. But could it be something as simple as the correct build path simply not being discovered yet or a Rune set up that has yet to be tried? I know the most common are Conq or Grasp.