Alright guys, if they had to nerf Garen, here are the nerfs he could get to balance his kit

LoL aint life·8/23/2015, 7:07:19 AM·2 votes·1,053 views

Decisive Strike - Q

  • Bonus movement speed reduced to 30% from 35%.

  • Movement speed duration increased to 2/2.5/3/3.5/4 seconds from 1.5/2/2.5/3/3.5.

Demacian Justice - R

  • Basic attacks no longer apply the bonus % maximum health true damage on the Villain. Only Judgment can.

Basically, the Q changes are here so it is actually harder to get to his opponents since he'll be slower than before, BUT he gets to run for a longer amount of time, being a bit more useful for either escaping or sticking to his target once he actually reaches melee range to it. He'll be more easily kiteable, but you'll have to kite him for 0.5 more second than before. With a decent support, this is actually really easy since he lost his Tenacity and slows do affect him even if he Q'd, since it only removes them, not grant immunity to them. The R changes are just pretty much for the early-mid game, so it's easier to fight him, because let's be honest here, late game, you don't autoattack much outside of Q. You mostly spin and tank up damage.

Thoughts?

5 Comments

TornVenom8/23/2015, 7:13:48 AM1 votes

Oh, I'm sorry you are upset that Garen is finally a playable champion....

SaltyKracka8/23/2015, 7:25:48 AM1 votes

I'mma be honest here.

Garen can have true damage, sure. But %health true damage is just the most toxic ass shit if you have to deal with him as a melee champ. I already fucking killed him as a tank, why the fuck am I being punished for it?

Erijian8/23/2015, 8:03:54 AM1 votes

Active Tenacity on Courage? Gone. Judgment damage? Gutted to useless levels early but scales way better. Silence duration? Dropped by a second. Decisive Strike MS duration? Scales half as well through ranks.

All in favor of a gimmicky Villain system which you have no control over. I hope they don't nerf him anymore (As I personally find him fine currently) since proceeding with any more hard nerfs will result in the entire rework being a flat out nerf on him, which nobody really wants aside from bronze players that can't kite or land any CC on him.

LoL aint life8/24/2015, 7:39:33 AM1 votes

Bump