New Galio Feels Too Much Like A Support

Best Ekko NA·Mar 7, 2017·1 votes·931 views

Ult can't be used in solo lanes without a Jungler, doesn't feel right.

7 Comments

CrettMar 7, 20171 votes

are you sure he can't ult on himself?

Best Ekko NAMar 7, 20171 votes

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are you sure he can't ult on himself?

Yes he can only target allied champions. His ultimate is a Pantheon R with a knock-up that requires you to first target an allied champion to cast it.

AwhegarkMar 7, 20171 votes

Based on what i have seen, he will end up as support, jungler like ivern, not very viable mid in my opinion, he has a lot less power than old Galio had.

DesolationKaizerMar 8, 20171 votes

He has decent ap ratios, still scales with mr pretty well. That damage reduction on his W is pretty scary too. He becomes so durable with it and it scales really well with MR. Also, the passive on his W grants him a pretty good shield against magic damage, so I think he can still work really well mid.

Best Ekko NAMar 8, 20171 votes

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He has decent ap ratios, still scales with mr pretty well. That damage reduction on his W is pretty scary too. He becomes so durable with it and it scales really well with MR. Also, the passive on his W grants him a pretty good shield against magic damage, so I think he can still work really well mid.

I think he may be able to work, but how well? Poke champions will be Galio's worst nightmare due to his non-existent sustain and those are the most played types of mid laners. I can't see Galio being able to keep Katarina in check, let alone any longer ranged Mage champion. Talon and Zed will dumpster Galio without even trying because Galio's magic shield won't even help him against them.

He's just not the same speed boosting, damage healing, damage nuking machine that was he was before. Now Galio just has average damage (similar to most Supports) and his only use is going all out in a team fight. New Galio is outclassed by just about every other mid laner in all other aspects (outside of his team fight potential).

Best Ekko NAMar 8, 20171 votes

Riot has ruined Galio, like I didn't like the old one because he was OP af but that's what makes playing League fun... now he's some watered down sorry excuse of a champion, borderline useless in solo queue. Like you can't even really use his damage reduction to its full potential because you can't cast anything else while you are channeling it. What good does that do you?

I'm not a Galio player but it's clear this rework was very poorly designed. He's too similar to how Warwick was designed except a lot worse.

Passive requires champion hit? That alone ruins his ability to potentially Jungle.
Low range on his knockup, doesn't even cross terrain? Too easy to dodge, you don't even need boots.
Damage reduction is channeled BEFORE the taunt? THIS MAKES NO SENSE. He needs the damage reduction DURING THE TAUNT, what are you thinking???
He can't target minions or towers with his ultimate and he very well should be able too... IT'S NO WONDER 911 HAPPENED, GALIO COULDN'T ULT TOWERS. But seriously, your teammate is rarely going to position where you can use him unless you're in some type of voice comms. Let him target something other than that useless player who won't cooperate with your team.