Talk:Garen/@comment-87.120.65.203-20120929193615/@comment-46.7.207.128-20121002113633

Outside of Jayce who is one of Garen's particularly strong counters, Garen can actually compete against quite a few solo top choices and is one of the very few who can trade blows with Darius mono a mono. Heck, he can even compete vs Yorick (to a far greater extent than others) if you play your cards right. Garen is definitely a viable pick, particularly top choice and he can also contribute considerably in team fights by rushing the enemy carry and spinning2winning+Ulty to death.

Builds are somewhat up in the air, although for me I will always go for a Doran's Shield, boots, Phage, Giant's Belt, Ninja Tabi, FM, Atma's then finish with a Ghostblade. Skill level, Q-W-E, then power up E or if a quick opponent, Q then E, followed by R at level 6.

To answer your question if it is worth it, yes, in my view definitely. While he is very easy to learn, he has a deceptively high skill ceiling, though to say he is on the levels of Cassiope or other difficult champs would be just foolish. Though there is nothing which feels better than landing a perfect Demacian Justice on a scumbag enemy carry or tank who has neglected their MR. Easy to learn, difficult to master and well worth while to summarize.