Canyon sized plot hole in Garen's lore

MetalGearTeemu·3/24/2017, 8:09:31 PM·5 votes·814 views

Garens bio and short story seem to point out quite heavily that Garen does not like magic, to the point of repressing his knowledge that his sister is a mage.

Garens ult literally nukes them from orbit with a sword of magic, dealing magic damage, or true damage if you done fukkd up.

Is this indication of a rework? Or was this just that bad an omission? Since we all know Garen is in fact Runeterra's most powerful wizard, to the point that you guys had to remove deathfire grasp just to make him fair... I'm surprised the source of his concern was on his sister and not on himself.

13 Comments

LordHippoman3/24/2017, 10:41:54 PM3 votes

Gameplay is not congruent with Lore. Note that Galio's also not 100 times the size of everyone else.

Ralanr3/24/2017, 8:12:47 PM2 votes

I don't think his ult really works like that in lore.

DwarvenGiant3/24/2017, 8:18:38 PM1 votes

I'm almost certain one of the Narrative or World-Building Rioters once said (a couple of years ago or so) that Garen can't actually do all the magics, that he does in-game, in real life.

Never found the source of that Red post again, unfortunately. :( Hopefully Jaredan or any of those other lovely fellows from Narrative & World-Building can confirm this.

Rivini3/25/2017, 1:45:34 AM1 votes

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Garens ult literally nukes them from orbit with a sword of magic, dealing magic damage, or true damage if you done fukkd up.

Having a good KDA means you "fukkd up."

Seems legit.

GreenLore3/25/2017, 9:54:10 AM1 votes

He might not use magic,but something that is more like a concentrated force of rightousness.

After all his ult doesn't scale with magic power;)

Or he might learn this ability later in the lore.

lightdragoon883/24/2017, 8:22:42 PM1 votes

I think that Galio just throws large swords on enemies Garen faces. [slayer-jinx-wink]

midnight oil243/24/2017, 8:16:27 PM1 votes

Theory: petricite transfers the magic it absorbs into the people using it (like how galio came to life), leading to the people of demacia subconsciously using magic.