Talk:Garen/@comment-168.8.249.173-20121219194256/@comment-46.7.207.128-20121219224431

Exceptional low-level damage, incredible sustain not some sustain, naturally tanky, decent farming (exclusively last hit and freeze the lane, he scales wonderfully), and exceptional duellist. Further more, unlike Mundo, Garen is arguably tankier in the earlier stages while dealing an immense amount of damage.

Sure he has a mediocre gap closer, but one cannot appreciate the glory of Demacia until they use the SPIN2WIN! Also, in contrast to Mundo, Garen hard counters many top laners which Mundo would not, or at least a near auto win, like Irelia, Jax, and Riven. Not to mention being one of the very few bruisers who can go toe to toe vs Darius to a stale mate or in fact win if he is played well.