User blog comment:NicknameMy/Garen changes for more balance and interactive gameplay/@comment-3391671-20180302001934/@comment-3493296-20180303013516

Against a squishy, Garen currently does more than 100% of missing health tho :D

Since I buffed Garen's base AD and only lowered the damage by a bit, the lategame damage, especially with Sterak's is bigger than before. What I try to punish is his currently way to strong midgame. The biggest hit by these changes is around level 9 where he maxes out one spell and we all know Garen is at that point at his strongest. This is weakened. For that, his earliest levels and later stages are buffed so Garen has a smoother power curve to play with.