Talk:Garen/@comment-77.105.16.187-20120713145107

Do you realize that he can get 25 both magic resist and armor from his skill. Another 25 armor and magic resist from glyphs and seals. That's total of 50 both magic resist and armor. Add thornmail and force of nature. That gives 150 armor and 126 magic resist.

Add to that 68 armor of his and 53 magic resist. That goes up to 218 armor and 179 magic resist (without masteries).

Now you have extreme durability with only 2 items and you have 4 item slots just to make pure damage items. Basically you can become Trynda-like in damage terms and Alistar-like in tanking terms. I wouldn't call him unviable.

Offtopic

What do you think about Caveman Garen skin.