Talk:Garen/@comment-4434162-20120323160455/@comment-4900160-20120323190015

Because his E deals half damage on non-champion units, making your basic AA stronger at killing them. And your AA has a terrible basic AS, while building AS is not viable on Garen. Furthermore, he lacks hard CC and a silence is near useless for ganking. You have no gap-closer either, making you too easy to kite.

As if it was not enough, Garen does not benefit from neutral buffs as mush as other champions do (Blue grants some CDR, but you don't care about mana regen, and red is only applied on AAs and you Q, while all your DPS come from your E.)

FINALLY, Garen shines early game, so jungling would be a waste, as he needs a LOT of time to clear the camps (he CAN do it, just like everychamp).

To conclude, just use him top lane where he rapes every melee champ, or bot lane in conjunction with Lux.