2013-02-05, 03:55 PM
Pikachu Wrote:Honestly, I feel as if Akali can trade off against Garen. I played this match up a couple of times and what I would do is Q Garen every opportunity I'd get so he'd almost always have a mark on him. When he does try to go for a Q, I generally start running, but if he's about to hit, I proc the mark and continue running. I think Akali's move speed is naturally faster than Garen's, so unless he starts off boots, you should avoid most of his E. In any case, constantly marking him then procing it when he does engage usually either has a fair or higher trade off in Akali's favor from what I've seen.
The most recent one Garen had several pink wards, but I still managed to out trade him (21/9/0 masteries) and won 2-0 before being constantly dived 3 man ganks with mid lane feeding :V.
Also Riven can easily Ki Burst -> AA -> Broken Wings away before Garen can hit his Q.
I always start out boots as Garen.
And from what I can see, Garens can catch up to Rivens who Broken Wings away.

