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This Galio hype has been blow way out of proportion and it needs to stop

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Let's clear up a few misconceptions:

  • Galio will always have a far weaker early game and lane than he had before. His base damages are lower, and his W isn't nearly as effective.

  • Galio has to prioritize AP in lane if he wants to approach that big endgame mage damage, which leaves him more vulnerable and squishy as well as more vulnerable to getting ganked and pushed out of lane than any other time after his rework.

  • Tank Galio will be hitting you for less. A lot less.

  • If a Galio is actually fed enough to go fulll mage build with a Rabadon's and the whole 9, the onus is really on your team for feeding and having a terrible early game.

This is not another case of Cho'Gath, Galio is legitimately weaker right now than he was before. He is more like old Galio now. Yes his damage might get big if he can build full AP and mage but his road there is a lot rougher than it's been in recent times.

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Jorencice4 votes

Wait what. Him reaching 6 item build is my fault?

You realize he has like 75% max health damage plus 1100 damage on just his q right?

He deals more damage with his q than some mages do with THEIR ENTIRE ROTATION.

His Q ticks FOR LIKE 4 TIMES MORE DAMAGE THAN VIKTORS ULT. Hell a single Q might do more damage than you would take if you stood in vicktors ult for the entire duration.

Lemme check.

Thats simply too much damage. Like 75% too much. It should be MAX 25% max health at full AP build.

MysterQ1 votes

Like I get what OP is trying to say.... except

just play Galio like any other freaking mage and you suddenly get the most beastly mage in the game. Sure he traded things off, but his gain was too much.

Penns3 votes

Galio is legitimately weaker right now than he was before

https://i.gyazo.com/8a086ed6eea4e9f3a0b7d71d3a3c86c8.png

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https://i.gyazo.com/8a086ed6eea4e9f3a0b7d71d3a3c86c8.png

Not sure what you're trying to prove there. His winrate is still about 47.5% according to that Graph, and his pick/bank rates prove my point that there is way too much precautionary hype around whether he may be OP or not. Rework Galio had a far higher winrate.

Cho on the other hand went from a 43% winrate jungler to a 54% winrate jungler in 24 hours, and Galio is not in that same boat.

JackMcSnipeyz1 votes

Maybe people still building him tank? Not being sarcastic, just curious. His tank build did get nerfed but in favor of a mage playstyle

MysterQ1 votes

He complains that people are building Rabadons (hard to build in a normal game). But that is the problem, if people are building him like an AP mage and doing more damage than other mages it is a problem.

Variks the Loyal1 votes

A lot of people don't seem to realize this is more like old pre-rework Galio than ever.

Old Galio would chunk all of your health with his Q+E combo (And it was mostly Q, E was only a little damage). The main difference is now it doesn't slow or leave a speed path in it's wake.

Old Galio had an AoE taunt with damage reduction. They took out the explosive damage, nerfed it's beginning radius, and made it into a basic ability instead of an ult.

Only thing is, now Galio has no healing, like he used to on his W.

Poske1 votes

Why would you mention Rabadon?

Of course he wouldnt build that . why would he troll?

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Why would you mention Rabadon?

Of course he wouldnt build that . why would he troll?

Because all the videos and examples of him 1-2 shotting people have him building a Rabadon's.

Jorencice1 votes

So i checked some maths. Both champs have 900 AP.

If you stood in viktors entire ult for 6.5 seconds you would take 3100 damage.

If you stood in galios Q for 1.5 seconds (or all 3 ticks) you would take 2600 damage if you had 2000 max health (figured that was a good baseline for squishys)

So galios FUCKING Q deals THREE TIMES MORE DAMAGE THAN VIKTORS ULT (oh and it ticks way faster at .5 seconds vs 2 seconds)

Viktors ult would have to deal 10400 damage to be equivalent to galios Qs dps.

And people are still saying this is okay. And thats just his Q.

Galio has probly just became the highest damaging mage in the entire game.

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