Talk:Garen/@comment-210.245.132.160-20120518110526/@comment-4834593-20120520134846

That OP is so dumb. Thinking Gunblade is viable with one ability scaling AP and dealing magic damage, that ability being an ult. I guess you also build Gunblade on Shyvana? It's much better on her than on a Garen with AP scaling ult.

You also forget to notice his W has a permanent 25 armor and magic resistance buff, which is more than Shyvana has when not in dragon form, and (to compare with a full tank) more than one third of what Leona gets when she ACTIVATES an ability. Which is on a cooldown five times it's duration (2.5 when in a fight).

The active 36% damage reduction means you need to recieve 4500 damage instead of 3000 (after armor and magic resist) before you die. Yes, it's three seconds. So 1500 will be reduced to 1000. That is pretty much against an offtank. It's more than 15% of your total health pool (if that is 3000 health), which you save by pressing W at the right moment.

Your Q + E combo gives you bonus movement speed while E is active. Problem solved.

Movement speed boost is 35%. You now have 500 movement speed instead of 400. Sorry Graves. You won't escape me. Bye bye.

And wow. His armor scaling is a bit low (or you say so, I'm too lazy to check). Let's have a look at that W again. 25 bonus armor and magic resist. Maybe that makes up for the 5 armor (0.3*18=5.4) you have less.