Galio with Lucian
How to Synergize Galio and Lucian
based on 5,866 Galio with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Lucian Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Galio with Lucian
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 Lucian Will Play
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Galio Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Galio in LoL
The Galio Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Lucian. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Lucian helps Galio perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio plays on the same team as Lucian, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Lucian helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played alongside Lucian on the same team, 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 synergisticly with Lucian.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Lucian on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Lucian does a decent job of protecting Galio during teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Lucian
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Is Galio better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no perfect synergy for Galio that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Lucian is a very typical teammate for Galio. By playing on the same team as Galio, he lowers their win rate by -0.4% to 50.2%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Galio and Lucian that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Lucian has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means Galio players need to be very careful when finding Lucian teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Galio players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by bringing Galio and Lucian together, you will not be giving your side a lot of support. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Lucian teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, 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 Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Galio and Lucian synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Galio combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Lucian than with most other typical builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 50.2% helping carry Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Galio and Lucian pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Lucian with Galio are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.