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League of Legends Champion GalioGalio is in the b tier of champions

Galio

TankMage
Galio is a tankRoletank
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
Colossal Smash abilityp
Winds of War abilityq
Shield of Durand abilityw
Justice Punch abilitye
Hero's Entrance abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
middle
support

Galio Build

based on 24,911 matches
Win Rate
49.1 %
Pick Rate
2.2 %
Ban Rate
0.3 %

How We Come Up with Our Galio Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Galio build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Galio builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Galio core items and runes for any situation.

Galio Build Summary

Galio is a a decent middle lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Resolve Sorcery. Adding the highlighted runes shown below into your Galio build will give you the additional stats to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should focus on building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Galio

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeFiendish Codex

Core Galio Items

~22 Mins
EverfrostBanshee's VeilAbyssal MaskSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffShadowflameCosmic Drive

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Galio to level upq
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Second ability for Galio to level upw
>
Last skill for Galio to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockShield BashBone PlatingOvergrowth
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceArmorArmor
Galio's passive ability p
Galio's q ability q
Galio's w ability w
Galio's e ability e
Galio's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Galio Matchups Overview

Galio is Weak Against

Vel'KozVel'Koz41.6% winrateHeimerdingerHeimerdinger43.8% winrateAniviaAnivia43.8% winrateNaafiriNaafiri44.1% winrate

Galio is Strong Against

LissandraLissandra58.8% winrateCorkiCorki55.2% winrateKatarinaKatarina53.7% winrateAkaliAkali53.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Kog'Mawbottom+ 55.8% 208 GamesGwenjungle+ 55.8% 113 GamesMaokaisupport+ 56.3% 199 GamesGragastop+ 56.9% 102 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Galio Players

Tips and Tricks

Winds of War can be used to last hit minions and harass enemy champions.

Channel Shield of Durand to hit as many enemies as possible to initiate a teamfight.

Additional Galio Build Insights

League of Legends Galio players will likely find him to be a dynamic character to build out properly. You'll see that his build varies when he is fighting either well-rounded or highly focused team compositions, showing you shouldn't follow the same Galio build every single round of League of Legends

The most critical items to use in your champion's build are: Everfrost, Banshee's Veil, and Abyssal Mask. Those who added these pieces in their kits had a better winrate than those who went for other builds for Galio. Moreover, if you are facing a varied enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing yourself the Resolve, and Sorcery runes. In recent matches, he won the largest percentage of his games when equipped with these runes.

We calculated our Galio build guidance by examining 24,911 recently ranked League of Legends matches with him in them. We only recommend the top winrate Galio builds that were built by ranked gamers enough times for us to advise them. With so many rounds in our data, we are quite confident in our suggested builds.