Talk:Garen/@comment-3578129-20121003095422/@comment-5414313-20121004093443

Play Darius if you can. Most Garen players for some reason can't handle him. Even in high ELO.

Darius is by no means a hard counter, or a counter at all to Garen, but he's intimidating to a lot of people who've never played him and don't understand his weaknesses.

Darius' Q also has a pretty long range to it, meaning you won't need to get in Garen's face and risk being silenced when you want to harass him.

Garen does both aggressive and passive playstyles very well, and so there really isn't a hard counter to him, but Darius can hold his own in melee really well, unlike Teemo, who explodes the moment Garen gets aggressive.

Thankfully, almost everyone sucks with him, so you shouldn't worry too much.

Another good champ to play against Garen is Malphite. Malphite's passive helps counter Garen's bursty damage output, and he basically *requires* that you stack armor, so you won't be falling behind if you pick up that early chain vest.