Talk:Garen/@comment-123.155.82.60-20130224102820/@comment-5.83.71.124-20130224145343

It's a way to deal pseudo-true damage. You know, if Garen goes offensive, people will build armor so they can counter your Q+E, so when you use your R they won't have mres and be unable to counter it.

However, it's a double-edged weapon, since Garen doesn't builds magic pen/reduction, thus he can't enance his ult. What is more, people commonly builds both armor and mres (Lies, they now go HERP DERP and only build health) so it usually deals less damage than intended.