To Riot Games: Garen Visual Upgrade 2 + Lore update suggestion
So I've been drawing up a ton of images to see what Garen and his old skins would look like updated if Garen ever got updated again with how things seem to be going. In all honesty he needs it. With all the Demacia lore getting changed Garen is one character that could use some changes.
Linked above is an album of concept art I would love to get across to Riot. Many people, myself included, have shown interest in old Garen, wishing he would come back and missing how he was before he was changed. Personally I miss the energy, speed, youth, and power old Garen exuded with his voice, animations, particle effects and sound effects. And I know many people miss Garen's punch.
I've expressed it a couple times before but Garen as is right now seems slow, stupid, and cumbersome rather than "Simple but not dumb," as described by
Lux in the short story For Demacia and a bearer of the title "The Might of Demacia."
I've also heard and taken a liking to a particular lore theory with Garen. Demacia currently is very anti-magic compared to Demacia of old. This poses some problems with Garen as he's generally unchanged and his ultimate is generally considered magic and I would like to express one idea that some people share, and one that I haven't heard yet. The first is that Garen, being blood related to Lux would have a dormant magical ability. Garen built his body and mind without and against magic and would have no need of it so it's not like it would play a massive role skill wise. But it would be interesting for someone that has combated magic for most of his life. It would also explain why his ultimate does magic damage and appears the way it does. The second is simply that he doesn't have magic abilities. Just that his magic absorbing armor and broadsword has changed over time. Tanking spells from mages would seep into his armor, and the countless magic monsters and mages he's slain have also been absorbed by his sword. (Similar to how Guts from Berserk can attack apparitions without the use of specialized equipment or spells because of all the demon blood that's soaked into his sword.)
That's all I have left to say but I'm very satisfied with all the stuff I've been stewing up and drawing.
Garen is the only reason I ever started playing League of Legends and the only reason I keep playing.
I think many people that play Garen would love this and the people that played back when League was something different than it is now would be very happy to see their manly, spinning, sunfire-stacking god return.
Spin to win.
-An obvious Garen main