Galio vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Galio
based on 2,685 Galio vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Galio vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Galio in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Galio vs. Vi matchup stats that can help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vi..
Galio often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Vi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Vi
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Who is Better, Galio or Vi?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Galio usually loses when facing off against Vi, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Galio makes a poor counter to Vi.
While Galio does have a lower winrate compared to Vi, when facing one another, Galio also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Galio into Vi.
Additionally, Galio also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Galio vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Galio is a bad counter for Vi. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Galio against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Galio to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio usually accumulates much more CS compared to Vi. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Galio versus Vi build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Vi than with most other common builds. In fact, Galio had an average winrate of 47.6% when playing against Vi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Vi as Galio, Galio players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Galio vs Vi counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vi as Galio are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.