Talk:Garen/@comment-26044269-20150822053412/@comment-24648781-20150822192530

Garen is so easily kited, I think the fact that he absolutely murders you if you let him get to you is definately fair play. Honestly, time your cc, watch when he pops his Q and slow him afterwards and he´s harmless. Early game you just need to play around his cooldowns, he´s bound to use them - punish him for doing so. After he´s used his skills, you have a few seconds where you can REALLY punish him for sticking around near you.

The trick to beating Garen is simply don´t let him get too close. Time his flashes, as mostly, they are his only engage. Get your jungler to force his flash out early and you have a much more relaxed laning phase (and easy return ganks). Also, if Garen does not get ahead early, he´s always behind. That much is still true. So double team him early, set him behind and eventually, you can either ignore him or kill him.

Garen, especially after the rework, is designed to slaughter your squishy carries. And he does excel at that. But if he´s behind, he has to build damage to be able to do that, which makes him easy to kill. If he does build tank, he deals no damage - which makes him easy to ignore.

This all coming from a Garen main. (I know, I know.) He´s strong if ahead and if not played against properly. But very easy to disarm in lane and later on.