Talk:Garen/@comment-34168428-20190816115021/@comment-35785974-20190819072216

At this stage, the changes are not yet a buff, and still appear to be a net nerf. Changes to the R and to Garen passive seem to be approximately neutral. Garen loses 2x healing at low health in exchange for smoother scaling. Garen loses the entire Villain mechanic in exchange for more predictable True Damage to all enemies.

Changes to E currently represent a nerf UNLESS Garen also builds AS/on-hit. Even then, it might be a nerf, since it also makes him vulnerable to cripples and AA shields, something that Garen E had no trouble with before.

W is untouched. Q has been been promised to be fixed, but as yet, it seems to be worse.

The changes won't go live until next season (if at all), so all of this must be considered preliminary.