Talk:Wukong/@comment-128.171.57.226-20130123201649/@comment-88.186.19.90-20130124142605

Yea, Garen has a ridiculously simplistic gameplay: silence so you can't run, spin to deal his damage, kill with ult. It's strong, but it's the the ONLY thing he can do and he can ONLY do it in that order, if his spells aren't synchronised, you are completely safe. His strength lies in his ability to harass you out of lane with his stupid regen passive and his mana-free combo on an 8 second cooldown (or kill you at level 6).

Feel free to freeze the lane under your own tower; Garen can't really un-freeze a lane if his caster minions are too close to the tower because his spell range sucks, and every time he tries to harass you he'll push the lane, so even if the lane resets it'll come back to you.

Juke him, bait him into using a spell simply by positioning yourself near him and retreating and you should find the matchup much easier, try to conserve mana though because decoy costs a LOT. I find early mana regen and HP regen to be particularly effective against him as Wu, then get some health to not die in 1 combo, something like flask->philo stone (->boots) ->Giant's Belt/ruby cristal->BC really helps your laning, because you have enough combined mana and health regen to farm safely if you dodge him long enough. Flask is also a very good idea, and boots are a must have once he gets some level in decisive strike. Don't hesitate to concentrate on keeping up in CS and farm, a Garen that doesn't snowball is not that good during teamfights.

If he spins to farm the wave you can punish him for it because he has 0 damage, farm minions. He might silence you, but it deals measly damage so don't worry too much about it, and if he silenced you you know you have 8 seconds of utter safety. If he manages to get in melee range to spin, dash to the other side of the minion wave with E, he won't be able to catch you.

His silence lasts 4 seconds, so if you can run away that long you'll be able to farm for ~4 seconds with no fear. Or as anon above said, juke it and make him hit your decoy.

If you feel ballsy and want to kill or gank him, I suggest you put 3 levels in Q and hit Garen with it every time you can. It's the kind of low-damage, passive-disabling, melee-but-not-quite spell that really messes with Garen; with it you are far enough to dodge his silence, but he can't dodge it without commiting. Careful however, it costs a lot of mana over time.