Galio with Olaf
How to Synergize Galio and Olaf
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Galio Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Galio with Olaf
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 Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Galio Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Galio in LoL
The Galio Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, 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 Olaf. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Olaf helps Galio perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio tries to synergize with Olaf, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Olaf supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played together with Olaf on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Olaf. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Olaf.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Olaf on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Olaf does a decent job of protecting Galio in teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Olaf
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Is Galio better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no perfect companion for Galio that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, Olaf is a relatively poor companion for Galio. By being on the same team as Galio, he lowers their win rate by -1.2% to 49.4%. This proves that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Galio and Olaf that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Olaf has a lower difficulty than Galio. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Olaf allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, Galio players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by pairing Galio and Olaf together, you may not be giving your team much utility. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Olaf ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Galio in order to pair well with Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to use in your Galio and Olaf synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Olaf than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Olaf with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating 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 runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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