Talk:Garen/@comment-5877442-20140610212303/@comment-5057599-20140621125047

Start E to nullify his lvl 1 completely and win trades from the get-go, then dumpster him at lvl 2 and 3 since you deal twice his damage. Unless Garen has a retarded rune page with like full armor Quints it's fairly easy to outplay him because there's nothing he can do you won't be expecting.

It's mostly a low elo counter because Garen takes absolutely no skill to deal his maximum damage while Riven relies heavily on combos and animation canceling to be played at her full potential.