User blog comment:NicknameMy/My Garen buff, what and why?/@comment-87.100.191.176-20120330144052/@comment-64.113.125.166-20120401164105

Garen really doesn't get countered actually. I find that when playing Garen you tend to either win a damage trade very hard, or lose the trade very hard. Regardless of who you are playing. Its a case of altering your playstyle to suit the champion you are going against, not that he needs a buff.

Somebody else said that his kit is simple, which makes him easy to predict. This is true. And because he lacks a fast gap closer, and I mean nearly instantaneous, he is also easy to avoid. Garen lanes tend to be alternately exciting and boring as far as I am aware.