User blog comment:Myself v1.0/HP over defenses? O rly?/@comment-6061249-20130124204955/@comment-5209745-20130125054428

Not a Garen player, but I'm pretty sure he needs more than just that to "win". He's kinda a tank afterall, so I'm pretty sure that he gets some armor and mr from somewhere.

And that "you are saved from any of these" still doesn't counters the fact that know what source of damage you are receiving actually lets you itemize better against that damage.