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Galio VGU Ideas

A Jedi Platypus·1/8/2017, 7:59:44 PM·1 votes·647 views

Galio As a Galio player, I'm very excited for the upcoming Galio rework. I was a huge fan of the Karma, Sion, and Poppy reworks. I'm most excited to see where Riot takes him. Riot has stated they intend to keep him a tank-mage.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/champions-skins/champion-update/state-champion-update

I am most excited for Galio to get an updated kit and alongside it, an updated identity. I'm less concerned about his lore being changed, but I see a lot of potential changes to his kit. Currently, Galio is an out-of-date Battle Mage/Vanguard anti-mage tank. I want Galio to become more like Goliath from "Gargoyles" - more physical strength, more use of his wings, scarier when he gets in your face. I want some combination of:

  • A powerful dash/knock-back using his powerful wings
  • Unique power deriving from building MR (or both MR & armor)
  • Unique winged "flight" ability - Remember Gargoyles glide. They need an elevated starting point
  • Bulwark can be very useful, but not very fun. Replace it with a cooler defensive ability. Maybe he turns himself and his target enemy into stone temporarily
  • Enhanced auto-attacks - giant, powerful, clawed fists should be more lethal
  • Originally, Galio was built to be a bodyguard/defender. Give him one very powerful defensive ability for his allies, not himself. Maybe an altruistic, self-sacrificial defensive ability. Galio's current lore is about defending others, not himself.
  • Some very cool & unique interaction with allied turrets and enemy turrets - Maybe an aggressive leap off of allied turrets. Maybe bonus damage to enemy turrets. There are so many options for unique construct-construct interaction

These are just some ideas from someone who cares about this champ's future. I can see him being pushed toward:

  • Higher damage, melee-focused, Battle Mage or
  • Lower damage, defense-focused, Warden,

Rather than keeping him in his current Vanguard/Battle Mage state. (Sorry if this post was long or boring. I don't post often. Just needed to get some Galio ideas of my chest.)

1 Comments

A Jedi Platypus1/13/2017, 1:16:57 AM1 votes

Better yet, Riot could go for something drastic!

Give Galio a unique resource bar. If he ever runs out of his "juice," he turns into untargetable, unkillable stone statue. Similar to his own version of Zhonya's.

So, good players will manage this wisely, using it to save themselves at crucial times. Novice players will burn his energy too quickly, becoming useless at inopportune times or not being able to use it to save themselves.