Amazing changes for Garen in League of Legends with upcoming patch 8.9

Garen on the way to get massive buff with upcoming Patch 8.9, according to the latest PBE update.

Firstly, his Q is getting a straightforward damage buff. Unfortunately, the buff is only targeted at his late-game, but it’s a big one. At max rank, the ability will now deal 40 more base damage.

The real buff is coming to his W, Courage, which is getting a hefty chunk of more damage reduction and tenacity. The ability already provides him with 60 percent boosts of both stats for two seconds, which is an impressive amount, but after this buff it’ll provide him with 85 percent of each. Having 85 percent damage reduction will be enough to stave off any big ability or damage burst in a pinch, and the tenacity boost will make him barely feel a difference when walking through fields of crowd control.

Both the buff to his Q and W are serious, but it’s difficult to imagine a world in which Garen is Meta, mostly because he’s been out of it for so long. Will these huge buffs to his late game dueling and tankiness be enough to make up for how easy it is to kite him or his lack of crowd control? Probably not, but they might get close.

These changes must be arriving with upcoming Patch 8.9 next week.