@Riot, did you just create a new champion?

Swarovsko··7 votes·1,199 views

Sorry but the Galio rework is disappointing. All you had to do was to IMPROVE him, not replace him completely with a new champion called "Galio". You basically changed his gargoyle fantasy and his peculiar kit into your average and corny demacian superhero. Nothing about Galio was retained in this rework, I guess you gave him the Karma treatment. Just release this Malphite's abomination as his fetus so we can keep the current Galio.

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Bradyo4 votes

Warwick was a success IMO. Why wouldn't Galio be the same?

Swarovsko3 votes

Warwick still feels Warwick, Galio doesn't. But maybe it's just me.

Bradyo2 votes

I haven't played the old Warwick but I main him and he doesn't seem bad at all. Maybe I'm bias because I have never played Galio.

xXRaichopXx1 votes

biased*

Bradyo1 votes

UUUGUGUGUUGH

xXRaichopXx1 votes

:)

Baka Red2 votes

{quoted}

Warwick still feels Warwick, Galio doesn't. But maybe it's just me.

I am sorry, but I feel like I have missed some information about Galio rework. All I have seen is a one minute teaser from youtube. It sounds like many people here have already played the new Galio. Where and how did you get that gameplay experience?

Ralanr4 votes

They didn't. First impressions are apparently all people need.

duckarp1 votes

To say if they like the design and shown skills? Sure. No one is talking about the gameplay itself. Or do you seriously think it's still the same character?

Baka Red1 votes

My apologies, but since I haven't seen any gameplay of the still-future-Galio yet I cannot tell one way or the other. Only time will tell me what kind of character the new Galio is. Many people are clearly more skilled than me in reading the nuances from that one minute of video. I will have to see the character gameplay to be able to give better opinion. Also, I am unfortunately quite unfamiliar with lore/personality of Galio, so I would be bad judge of character anyways.

Here is my attempt at reading the video gameplay vise only. The abilities of the Galio appear to be:

  1. The dash at Katarina. Knockup/down and some area damage maybe.
  2. Wing sweep: skill shot that maybe applies some kind of CC. Well, the most effective CC, since Talon dies. ;)
  3. Ult: Leap to the skies and come down Pantheon style. shrugs The fluff of it appears to be dangerously close to Pantheon ult imo, but we will see.

The flight to turret at the beginning of the video could be special teleport animation maybe, or just fluff which Galio is actually unable to do in-game. Or maybe it is one of the abilities; who knows? Riot. I will wait and see.

Ralanr3 votes

I think most people are taking their impressions to the extreme.

duckarp1 votes

WW's rework was done by a different team (now working on Urgot). So that's one reason. Second reason is that with WW's rework they didn't create a goofy character, they preserved at least some aspects of his character. This doesn't seem to be the case here. They took a gargoyle and made a joyful stone bodybuilder....

chipndip13 votes

From goofy looking gargoyle to Demacian statue THAT FLIES.

"Average and corny Demacian super hero"

Can these boards FUCKING STOP WITH THE HYPERBOLE?

Swarovsko2 votes

As I said he needed improvements. This new "Galio" is surely better than the old one but I just wish they kept what made Galio... Galio.

Yaśuo Main4 votes

What DID make Galio himself? His High damage AOE Q? His amumu Ult on steroids? "Old" Galio was literally the bane of all mages, and not hard to play at all. I'd enjoy a new champ with Galio slapped on it than the Old Yorick or "Old" Galio.

Linna Excel1 votes

I agree with this thread.

Riot needs to stop doing soft deletions like this.

bobzillion1 votes

lol wtf is that last setnecne

Makharya1 votes

Same thing than poppy, warwick, yorick, ... it's full rework.

Ahristocats1 votes

He needed improvement and not to be replaced

and people can't understand that

Ralanr2 votes

Too late for that now anyway.

Edit: if you really want to express the knowledge of someone that doesn't need a full VGU, why not target Urgot, Eve, Tryndamere, Mordekaiser, Pantheon, Swain, Irelia, etc? Work for them hasn't started or is still in the early phases.

Ahristocats1 votes

because i don't care about those champions

i already said that mordekaiser doesn't need a VGU which cost me troubles with malicious

Ralanr1 votes

Never saw you as someone who cared much about Galio to be honest.

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