General
- Garen features in the Summoner's Rift Battle Training tutorial, together with and .
- His dance references Johnny Bravo's.
- A side by side comparison can be seen here.
- Contrary to popular belief Garen yells "Demacia!" when using
- Players using these abilities simultaneously led to this confusion.
and not during or .
- It earned meme status when animated with Ievan Polkka by Loituma playing in the background.
- When using
- The phrase is now associated to every spinning ability ( , , , , and )
Garen earns a cosmetic buff that reads "Garen is spinning to win".
- When using
comes from how easily it was for Garen to get kills while using it.
- It earned meme status when animated with Ievan Polkka by Loituma playing in the background.
- 's abilities might have been based on Garen's ( / , / , / )
- Garen was the first to have his Influence Point price reduced twice, others being and .
- He had three different basic attack animations before his Visual Update.
- He is one of eleven champions to not have a single AP ratio on any ability, the others being , , , , , , , , and .
- Garen was targeted by , together with , , and .
Quotes
- While on the PBE Garen had a different taunt and his joke was "I know you're in that bush!".
- Before his Visual Update his joke was "You're gonna like the way you look. I Garen-tee it. Get it?" referencing Men's Wearhouse commercials.
- Garen shares quotes with:
Skins
- He might have been inspired by Duncan Idaho from Dune by Frank Herbert.
- He can be obtained for free by following the game on Twitter.
- He might be referencing the Death Knight from World of Warcraft.
- He shares this theme with .
- He used to be called 'Vagabond Garen'.
- He might be referencing Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher and/or Aragorn II Elessar from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
- He might be referencing Sanguinius and the Blood Angels from Warhammer 40,000.
- He resembles .
- He references the Imperial Guard from Warhammer 40,000.
- He wears a Beret.
- He shares this theme with , , and .
- He references the Engineer from Torchlight II and the Grey Knights from Warhammer 40,000.
- He shares this theme with .
- This skin was released for the 2017 Lunar Revel.
- He shares this theme with , , , , , , and .
- It is a reference to a famous historical warlord Liu Bei from the Era of Three Kingdoms of China, whom founded the Kingdom of Shu.
- Both of the characters have sword as their weapon of choice, although Liu used a pair of dual-wielded sword but Garen only used one.
Relations
- It is implied, suspected, and speculated that Garen and [1]
- Then there are those who imply it to the point of confirmation:
- " live by a code that'll never let you get what you want. Let me take you to ."
- "Don't starve your heart, ! Let me deliver you to ."
- "Honor? Duty? Ha! What heart demands is all that matters."
- "No love is impossible, my god demands you follow desires."
- "The always-enchanting tale of - lovers."
- " finale will be a ."
had/have feelings for each other. - Then there are those who imply it to the point of confirmation:
- Garen is
- As their family name implies, they serve and protect the crown.
- When the Exemplar was captured, the Might led the Dauntless Vanguard on a rescue operation, slaying in the process.
is Garen's childhood friend.
's older brother and their family name is Crownguard.
- As their family name implies, they serve and protect the crown.
- Garen and
- Garen was furious at being convinced
- When Voidborn killed the Shield of Valoran's squad, the Might sentenced him to endure 'the Crown of Stone' by climbing Mount Targon.
- Little did Garen know, in becoming the Aspect of the Protector, has become the warrior he believed 'he was meant to be' (and much more)
was wasting his talents as a warrior but he still believed in him.
- When Voidborn killed the Shield of Valoran's squad, the Might sentenced him to endure 'the Crown of Stone' by climbing Mount Targon.
are long-time friends from the Shield of Valoran's days in the Demacian military.
- Garen was furious at being convinced