Galio vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Galio
based on 2,860 Galio vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Ahri
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Advice to Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Galio vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Galio versus Ahri matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ahri..
Galio typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Ahri. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Ahri
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Who is Better, Galio or Ahri?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when taking on Ahri, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Galio makes an ok counter for Ahri.
While Galio does have a lower winrate than Ahri, when they face off with one another, Galio also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Galio into Ahri.
Moreover, Galio also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Galio vs Ahri matchups, Ahri is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Galio is a somewhat poor counter to Ahri. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Galio against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Galio in order to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Ahri. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Galio versus Ahri build consist of Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Ahri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Ahri with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Ahri as Galio, Galio players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Galio vs Ahri battles, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
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