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Idea for Gallo’s W

Stratixx·8/12/2019, 5:48:33 PM·1 votes·1,842 views

This is Galio’s W

Galio charges a defensive stance, moving slowly. Upon releasing the charge, Galio will taunt and damage nearby enemies. Passive: After not taking damage for 12 seconds Galio gains a shield that absorbs 0 magic damage. First Cast: Galio starts to charge, gaining 20/25/30/35/40 (+0)(+0)% Damage Reduction from Magic Damage and [0]% of that amount as Damage Reduction from Physical Damage. While charging, Galio slows himself by 15%. Second Cast: Galio taunts nearby enemy champions for 0.5 to 1.5 seconds, deals 0 (+0) to {{ f10 }} (+{{ f11 }}) damage, and refreshes the Damage Reduction for 2 seconds. Taunt duration, damage, and radius increase with charge time. - League Wiki

Idea:

My idea was that while Gallo is in his first cast, he would be immune to slows (not his own slow), stuns, roots, and silences. I think this would allow more room for Gallo to be more successful in team fights and in lane phase. To compensate for this, (I mean you already took his flash W away) you can lower his Q damage, and get rid of his W passive (because it is utterly useless).

He isn’t supposed to be a mage, he is a guardian. What do you guys think?

5 Comments

PandaNator438/12/2019, 6:00:04 PM2 votes

I was just discussing Galio's W in another thread. https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/lxArs0fz-galio-is-zero-fun-anymore?comment=000300000001

how would you feel if they replaced his W with a simple form of CC ?: like Shen taunt or Rammus taunt? The last explanation I heard from Riot was that his W gave him too much power to force team fights.

Galios W, an AOE hard CC, is just too powerful. I don't think he'll ever be in a good spot as long as he has that.

How about this:

on first cast Galios gains X armor and magic resist for up to 12 seconds, and get a stack for each ability cast around him. On second cast, for the next 12 seconds galio gets Y amount of AP for each stack gathered during the first cast.

This plays into his magic absorbing theme, and gives him a tool to survive being in the middle of things while also adding to his mage role.

What do you think?

Damoklese8/12/2019, 10:39:27 PM1 votes

How about just removing taunt from his kit? How about letting him blow his shield up to stun targets around him for 1 second, and debuffing them so he does big bonus damage to them with his passive, Q, E, and R for the next 5 seconds.

Them trying to make the taunt work in his kit is obviously too difficult to balance properly. Galio is not defined by his taunt..he is supposed to be a tank mage that counters heavy AP teams, and can do more damage than the average tank from range, as well as being a better than average lane pusher. His taunt has always been part of his kit..but its always been TOO MUCH a part of his kit. Just get rid of it and make him better at what he is supposed to be doing.