Why Hate on poor Galio?

RobbieFry13··2 votes·463 views

Going into a normal the other day as support I picked Galio (I haven't played very long so I am reluctant to call him my main but made it to Level 7 so by far my best champ), My ADC, a Lucian , said "you can't play Galio, he has the worst win rate in LOL" and when I didn't change he didn't lock his pick.
Is that true? I mean I do well with him and I am really not very good. Maybe people are using him wrong? So here is my case for Galio:

First of all I only Sup never lane, his R -Idol of Durand - is an awesome multi target taunt and W - Bulwark- are wasted without a team mate to back you up. When my ADC is working on at Turret instead of tanking I will often fall back and use my E - Righteous gust - to push more minions down the lane ahead of enemy waves. Opponents - You will want to avoid other support tanks Taric TahmKench Poppy Blitzcrank Braum but he is known as a mage crusher thanks to his passive, so having Champs like Zilean Zyra Syndra Sona Velkoz Morgana Janna Lux Annie Malzahar Veigar frequently in the bottom lane makes Galio a viable counter. Allies - I have trouble keeping Vayne Twitch EzrealCaitlyn alive better to team up with Ashe Lucian Sivir MissFortune also if you can catch the other champs in Galio's Ult and combo it with an Ult from Fiddlesticks MasterYi Zed Ziggs Pantheon Nunu MissFortune Lucian They have a good shot at a PentaKill There are better players who no doubt have shared better builds than what I have come up with, so I won't get into too much detail, but here is what works for me as a main Item set item 2301 item 3800 item 3065 item 3083 item 3026 item 3089 My Math may be questionable but with these items, masteries and runes I use @ Level 18 should yield- 2,200 bonus health 141 bonus magic resist 287.6 Ability Power 550% health regen

I know you probably won't do it but I would encourage you to try it out before you comment. I suspect that many of the most negative responses will be from people that have never used Galio or even seen him in action

8 Comments

Calabok3 votes

don't worry about it. it's just normals.

DeathBurst2 votes

There is no hate against Gallio, you just stumbled on an ass-hole.

That being said, he's quite under-played at the moment, so people don't really know him. And I'm not sure he's good at supporting. He has no CC except his ult, and is quite mana hungry for a support.

Sirsir2 votes

That particular player is a moron, Lolking has him at 52% and Pickban has him at 56% (except in support, oddly)

Galio is one of those champs you don't really think about, but you go 'ugh' when you see him on the enemy team because you know how he can be...

He has a reputation as an antimage, which makes people think he can only be good against mages. And that is wrong. Galio is AMAZING against mages and decent elsewhere. I have never seen a Galio be dead weight.

I pick him when I'm mid and I see a Leblerb

ThugWalrus1 votes

I play Galio support for fun in normals, but the problem is pre-6 laning you are so useless. Mana costs are ridiculous and you can't peel for your AD. Maybe if his bulwark healed the target instead of Galio he would be alright.

RobbieFry131 votes

My main strategy is to get in the way, even early he is still a tank, so I soak up damage then Use bulwark and cookies to heal and start the cycle over I can usually stay in Lane until Level 6 or 7 without having to go back. I've also found starting with item 3303 really helps more than you'd think with the mana, as long as you don't try to spam your spells maybe I won't get any Kills or assists but if my partner is Jinx orSivir I bet we take a turret.

Mysticman891 votes

I got my galio S rank chest supporting as him in normals; he's not the worst thing I've supported as, but there are lots of better options. Mana really holds him back early on.

I feel like he isn't the worst champ these days though, he had a period where I actually saw him in ranked occasionally. Dunno off the top of my head who the bottom of the pack is though. It was ryze for awhile, but perhaps he's recovered as people learn his new combos.

BladeSteel1 votes

Well it depends on where. In mid lane hes in the top 10. Top lane he isn't doing so well, but with all the rivens/yasuos/fioras top its understandable.

Janna mìd1 votes

[{quoted}] My ADC, a Lucian , said "you can't play Galio, he has the worst win rate in LOL" and when I didn't change he didn't lock his pick.
Is that true? I mean I do well with him and I am really not very good. Maybe people are using him wrong? So here is my case for Galio:

Well his win rate is about 52 or 53% so it's pretty high in fact

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