Galio vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Galio
based on 1,285 Galio vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Galio vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Galio in LoL
The stats provided here feature some significant Galio vs. Viktor counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viktor..
Galio typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Viktor. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Galio and Viktor
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Who is Better, Galio or Viktor?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when playing against Viktor, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Galio makes an ok counter for Viktor.
While Galio does have a higher winrate than Viktor, when on opposite teams, Galio also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Galio into Viktor.
Furthermore, Galio has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Galio vs Viktor matchups, Galio is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Galio is a decent counter to Viktor. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Galio against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Galio in order to counter Viktor during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio often racks up a similar amount of CS as Viktor. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Galio versus Viktor build include Everfrost, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Demonic Embrace. When Galio included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Viktor than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 50.2% when playing against Viktor with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Viktor as Galio, Galio players should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Galio vs Viktor counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.2% win rate overall.
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