Talk:Garen/@comment-4356519-20130813172115/@comment-3555861-20130815195210

@Domasiukas Disregard of the lore for gameplay convenience sounds more weird to me. I know this is MOBA and it doesn't "require" lore in the first place, but Riot did make a deep lore based on the vast world of Valoran, and that is an unchangeable fact. It's what makes LoL different from other games.

Just like C Tan God, I don't see any point in giving health costs to Garen's skills. Garen was my main lvl. 1~30, and is still my pinch-hitter, but I don't use him much. That's not exactly because of his skills, but because of the current meta. Ranged champions like Jayce pokes Garen to oblivion, Aatrox's sustain is downright OP, etc. But trying to change a champion's abilities so he/she can match OP champions is not the point of this game. Garen is still a very strong pick against some champions, like Jax and Akali. If you are good, you can fight any champion with Garen, or anybody else really. If you are having trouble trying to kill currently popular champions with Garen, just learn to use champions that counter them. There's no reason to change Garen.