Galio with Jarvan IV
How to Synergize Galio and Jarvan IV
based on 1,553 Galio with Jarvan IV pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Jarvan IV Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Galio with Jarvan IV
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 Understand How Jarvan IV Will Play
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Galio Jarvan IV Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jarvan IV as Galio in LoL
The Galio Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Galio sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Jarvan IV. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Jarvan IV helps Galio perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio plays on the same team as Jarvan IV, he gets a little increase in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Jarvan IV provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played together with Jarvan IV on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Jarvan IV.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Jarvan IV on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Jarvan IV does a decent job of covering Galio in team fights.
Synergies between Galio and Jarvan IV
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Is Galio better when played alongside Jarvan IV?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Galio that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Jarvan IV is a very typical ally for Galio. By playing on the same team as Galio, he raises their win rate by 0.6% to 51.2%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Galio and Jarvan IV that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Jarvan IV has a lower difficulty than Galio. That means Galio players don't need to be cautious when finding Jarvan IV teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by grouping Galio and Jarvan IV together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a great deal of sustained damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this hole in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Jarvan IV teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Galio in order to pair well with Jarvan IV during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to use in your Galio and Jarvan IV synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Jarvan IV than with many other common item sets. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 51.2% when playing alongside Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Galio and Jarvan IV pairings, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Jarvan IV with Galio are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.