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Garen

Fighter / Tank

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Garen was last nerfed in Patch 6.1b (). Across 15 patches, Garen has received 9 buffs, 3 nerfs, 3 adjustments since release in Patch 0.0-beta.

Abilities
PerseveranceWR
Passive - Perseverance

Innate: Garen health regeneration 1.3% - 5.5% (based on level) missing health every second. Regeneration will pause for 5 seconds if Garen takes damage from enemy champions, epic monsters, or enemy turrets, or if he is hit by an enemy ability or affected by an enemy summoner spell, refreshing on subsequent hits.

Decisive StrikeWR
Ability 1 - Decisive Strike
CD: 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5
Cast Time: None

Active: Garen cleanses from all slows and gains 35% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds. He also empowers his next basic attack within a set duration to have an uncancellable windup, lunge at the target, deal bonus physical damage, and silence them for 1.5 seconds.

Bonus Physical Damage: 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 (+ 40% AD)
Duration: 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 seconds

Decisive Strike resets Garen's basic attack timer.

CourageWR
Ability 2 - Courage
CD: 18 / 16 / 14 / 12
Cast Time: None

Passive: Garen gains 10% bonus armor and bonus magic resist from all sources.

Shield Strength: 65 / 95 / 125 / 155 (+ 20% bonus health)

Active: Garen gains 30% incoming damage reduction for 4 seconds. He also gains 60% tenacity for 1 second and a shield for 2.5 seconds which begins to decay after 1 second.

JudgmentWR
Ability 3 - Judgment
CD: 9
Cast Time: None
Effect Radius: 325

Active: Garen rapidly spins his sword around, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies every 0.38 to 0.27 seconds over 3 seconds, and becoming unable to basic attack. The nearest enemy takes 20% increased damage. Enemy champions hit 6 times by Judgment are inflicted with 15% armor reduction for 4.5 seconds. Subsequent hits refresh the duration.

Physical Damage Per Tick: 15 / 19 / 23 / 27 (+ 0% AD)
Total Physical Damage (Rank 1): 96 / 128 / 160 / 192 (+ 0% AD)
Total Physical Damage (Rank 4): 132 / 176 / 220 / 264 (+ 0% AD)

Recast: Judgment can be recast after 1 second to end early, and does so automatically after the duration. If Judgement is ended early, its cooldown is reduced by the remaining duration.

Demacian JusticeWR
Ability 4 - Demacian Justice
CD: 70 / 65 / 60
Cast Time: 0.435
Range: 400

Active: Garen calls upon the might of DEMACIA onto the target enemy champion, dealing true damage as well as revealing them for 1 second at the start of the cast time. Surrounding enemies are dealt 50% damage.

True Damage: 150 / 250 / 350 (+ 15% (+ 12% per 100 bonus AD) target's missing health)
Reduced Damage: 75 / 125 / 175 (+ 7.5% (+ 6% per 100 bonus AD) target's missing health)

Demacian Justice deals a maximum 600 damage against epic monsters.

Base Stats

Health: 660
Health Per Level: 128
Attack Damage: 64
AD Per Level: 5.5
Attack Speed: 0.8
AS Per Level: 2.2
Armor: 52
Armor Per Level: 5.8
Magic Resist: 38
MR Per Level: 2.6
Movement Speed: 350
Range: 175
Health Regen: 7.5
HP Regen Per Level: 0.55
Patch 6.1bNerf

Garen has been with us from the beginning and has been the sturdy tank for every team. But this patch, we’re reforging his might in the form of a fighter. We’ve updated the maneuvering of Judgment to better suit a tanky fighter who sticks to his target, and we’re rewarding him for staying in the fight longer. For Courage, the previously hidden damage reduction has been replaced with a more visible shield, giving opponents clearer combat feedback. We’ve also improved how much Garen gains from durability stats, allowing him to better balance offense and survivability.

Judgment

  • AD ratio reduced from 35/40/45/50% AD to 25/30/35/40%.
  • Armor reduction reduced from 25% to 15%.
Patch 6.1aBuff

Judgment

  • Base damage increased from 12/16/20/24 to 15/19/23/27.
Patch 6.0Buff

Stats

  • Base armor increased from 45 to 52.
  • Base health increased from 630 to 660.
  • Health growth increased from 125 to 128.
Patch 5.2Nerf

We’re adjusting some numbers around Garen to make sure he’s in line with his peers.

Stats

  • Base health reduced from 650 to 630.

Perseverance

  • Health regeneration reduced from 2.2 to 5% (based on level) missing health to 1.3 to 5.5% (based on level).

Decisive Strike

  • Cooldown changed from 8 seconds at all ranks to 9/8.5/8/7.5.
  • Duration changed from 3 seconds at all ranks to 2/2.5/3/3.5.

Courage

  • Damage reduction reduced from 80/30% (based on seconds) to 70/30% (based on seconds).
Patch 5.1bBuff

Garen has not been doing so hot in the laning phase lately. These changes will make sure he’s able to fully scale during laning phase and contribute to later team fights.

Perseverance

  • Health regeneration increased from 1.2 to 4% (based on level) missing health to 2.2 to 5% (based on level).

Courage

  • Duration changed from 2/3/4/5 seconds to 4 at all ranks.
  • Incoming damage reduction for the first 1 second increased from 70% to 80%.

Judgment

  • AD ratio increased from 30/35/40/45% AD to 35/40/45/50%.
Patch 5.0aBuff

Baron Laners these days have a wide variety of items to choose from depending on their lane match-up. This puts Garen in a tricky spot as he no longer has the early game pressure he used to exert. We’re giving him a little boost in damage to make sure his sword stays sharpened.

Decisive Strike

  • Base damage increased from 30/70/110/150 to 40/80/120/160.

Judgment

  • Base damage increased from 11/14/17/20 to 12/16/20/24.
Patch 4.4dBuff

To keep Demacia in balance, we had to give Garen the same QOL as Darius. Garen changes will be available January 4 at 00:01 UTC.

Demacian Justice

  • New effect: If during the cast time that the target becomes untargetable or exits range, the ability incurs 5 second cooldown.
Patch 4.2Buff

Stats

  • Base movement speed increased from 340 to 350.
Patch 4.1Buff

Since our recent adjustments and additions to the Baron Lane, Garen has been struggling to keep up. To lend this noble soldier a hand, we’re buffing some of his mobility and damage mitigation. This will give Garen players some more room for skill expression and help him compete with his foes in lane.

Decisive Strike

  • Bonus movement speed increased from 30% to 35%.

Courage

  • Initial damage reduction increased from 60% to 70%.
Patch 3.5bBuff

Since our last changes, Garen has significantly fallen off in higher levels of play. We’re going to give this golden boy some justice and revert Judgment’s damage nerf and increase the crit multiplier on it so that you’ll be rewarded more for your skillful plays.

Judgment

  • Base damage increased from 9/12/15/18 to 11/14/17/20.
  • Critical strike damage increased from 125/130/135/140% to 135/140/145/150%.
Patch 3.3Buff

Demacian Justice

  • Cooldown reduced from 80/70/60 seconds to 70/65/60.
Patch 3.1Change

Garen’s been able to spin his way to victory, even when he’s not building a lot of damage. We’re putting some more power into his ratios, so that Garen will have to choose between spinning and one-shotting his enemies to win or spinning and being an annoying tank to win.

Judgment

  • Base damage reduced from 11/14/17/20 to 9/12/15/18.

Demacian Justice

  • Base damage reduced from 150/275/400 to 150/250/350.
  • AD health ratio increased from 8% target's missing health per 100 bonus AD to 12%.
Patch 2.3bChange

Garen's full tank build has been too consistent in terms of damage output. We are making some light changes here to shift his power more into building AD to balance out the Might of Demacia.

Judgment

  • Base damage reduced from 15/20/25/30 to 11/14/17/20.
  • AD ratio increased from 25/30/35/40% AD to 30/35/40/45%.

Demacian Justice

  • Base damage increased from 150/300/450 to 150/275/400.
  • Health ratio reduced from 20/25/30% target's missing health to 15/20/25%.
  • New Effect: Health ratio now scales with 8% per 100 bonus AD.
  • New Effect: Damage is now capped at 600 against epic monsters.
Patch 2.3Nerf

Stats

  • Health growth reduced from 135 to 125.
  • Armor growth reduced from 6.4 to 5.8.

Demacian Justice

  • Cooldown increased from 65/60/55 seconds to 80/70/60.
Patch 0.0-betaNew

Garen added to Wild Rift

Despite his massive suit of armor, Garen was pretty squishy. We’re boosting his defensive stats so he can do his thing without getting his health bar blown up so quickly.

Base Stats

  • Armor: 40 → 45
  • Armor per Level: 5.1 → 6.4 Level 15 Armor: 112 → 135
  • MR per Level: 1.6 → 2.6 Level 15 MR: 61 → 75
  • HP per Level: 125 → 135 Level 15 HP: 2400 → 2540

(3) Judgement

  • Crit Damage: 120/120/120/120% → 125/130/135/140%
  • Damage to Minions: 100/100/100% → 60/80/100% at levels 1/5/9