Garen buff/adjust ideas

0cean Mann··2 votes·2,182 views

Everybody knows that garen is a braindead champ with lots of counters which constantly makes him always farm under tower if the enemy is crafty with their champ. Even the best Garen in the world (A.K.A Riste) farms under tower (sometimes though) . So here are a few buff ideas

Q - Increased leap/attack range range see that Teemo right there? Yes, you can now finally get close to that annoying thing with this ability without him running away noticing you bonus: Increased silence duration when in bush

W - Can be casted while being hard CCd You get stunlocked by leona with her whole team beating you up then Ulted by Yasuo and etc. and your just sitting there staring at your W hoping that you could press it at these dire moments

E - I don't know, More damage or duration maybe? Spin to win

And also some runes don't work on him (like Overheal and Sudden impact which sounds reasonable but)

I have fun playing Garen because his kit is perfect for my play style, farm peacefully and occasionally trade then start being aggressive when you have higher health than the enemy because of your passive but I can't even have fun when these unbalanced champions just start going around and dominating lane while being really hostile and can freely escape when in danger which I'm starting to think thats what his passive is for, to handle abuse from them.

2 Comments

Posui Gart1 votes

I have better idea. Make some of his spells actually outplayable, and then you can buff him.

Q - Increased leap/attack range range

Free targeted silence should not be buffed.

W - Can be casted while being hard CCd

This is the only Garen spell that requires actual skill. You have to use it at right time, just before CC hits you. Also, tenacity does not help against Yasuo

Fear the Kayn1 votes

The problem is in lower elos Iron - Gold where the vast, vast, VAST majority of the playerbase is Garen is extremely strong into a lot of matchups because people don't know how to take advantage of his weaknesses. I'm sorry but I really think for Garen to ever be relatively balanced across all areas of play he will simply need a gameplay update. His kit is very straightfoward and simple, but in order to counter it well you do need to have a fair amount of game knowledge. If Riot just straight up buffed his numbers he would turn into a 55%+ winrate machine in lower elo.

P.S. his winrate across all elos is actually pretty decent. Plat+ has his winrate at just over 51%, which is pretty good considering its plat. At low elos hes 52%+.

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