User blog comment:NicknameMy/My Garen buff, what and why?/@comment-4582682-20120401060418

garen is fine. the reason you don't see him in comp play is because he is mechanically a very simple champion, so the higher up you go on the skill ladder, the easier he becomes to predict and counter. other people in the same category include annie, AD master yi, and katarina.

i like to liken garen to an easier version of riven. once you are good enough with riven, there's no real point to use garen.