@Riot, What happened to Galio Update?

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add a little bigger wieth to and im with you on that

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We pulled those changes because they weren't hitting the mark, in terms of solving issues on Galio or making him more satisfying to play. For one thing there's not really any available power budget for an alternative passive. Galio's not popular at present, but he's pretty effective in the average game, so we don't have space to add power to him without pulling it elsewhere.

One thing I never understood about galio, he's a protective golem trying to save people. Why does his shield give the mr and armor to his team mates and not the heal ? I feel like that would be huge for him without changing the power budget at all nor changing solo lane galio. In more details why is it that when the target he protects gets hit he gets health rather than him getting beefier and giving that damage dealt to his chosen ally.

galio is like the invert of Rammus. The thing is Armor as a resistance is way more dominant than magic resist because most of things that deal dmg in this game deal physical dmg. Making Galio weak against everything AD if he wants to capitalize off his sweet passive.

galio is like the invert of Rammus. The thing is Armor as a resistance is way more dominant than magic resist because most of things that deal dmg in this game deal physical dmg. Making Galio weak against everything AD if he wants to capitalize off his sweet passive.

Galio is Strong^ I but his tankability is lacking. He's suppose to be a stone Gargoyle i'm sure you guys can think of something unique and fun with his passive. If it were me the only things I'd keep on Galio is his ult and Q. His passive need QoL change, His E doesn't make sense because he'd made out of stone.. (I think) and his W can do a much better job and being his only real tank ability outside ult. Also Q can be made a bit more interesting in terms of how it's applied and it's secondary effects besides dealing damage.

His manaregen and manacosts are awfull. Combined with the fact he is melee really hurts is lanephase while not being a hypercarry either. There is definitely room for improvement.

Gangplank would like to have a word with you.

That literally contradicts his ultimate.

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Make him ranged. Problem solved.

ooo yah...

If they made him have some sort of magic attack, even if it was short ranged for his AA, that would be amazing, you literally could farm safe, build straight MR, and just sit under your tower all lane.

Yah, thats probably why they wont.

Why teh fuck would his passive need to be toggleable? What? I'm so confused. Also- you dont NEED to spam MR on galio. Build Roa/Rylais other ap bruiser items against ad teams.

They sis that if they were to rework Galio then he would have MR ratios on his abilities, a new passive, and probably his Q and W changed.

It was a long time ago and just one post.

so his E becomes an AoE condemn with more damage and a speed boost at the end? how about NO.

the Q change would probably be way stronger than the E change to be honest. Missile speeds are one of the hidden strengths that abilities have that many players overlook.

As for the E, I don't think it would be too overpowered if you split the damage into components like you do with poppy's charge and vayne's condemn, and change the stun into a root, considering how this is an aoe non-ultimate ability.

My problem with the e change however, is that it doesn't seem to add any synergy with his kit. Galio is currently good at getting in with his q to slow the crowd into e to boost himself into the middle of the enemy team (when he doesn't have flash). if E now pushes enemies away his ability to get in becomes, surprisingly, a little bit more limited, because pushing the enemies away from you makes it more difficult for you to get in for an engage. Enemy caught out of position? you actually can't E and walk in like you used to be able to because you're giving the enemy free distance to run away.

Of course, this mechanic isn't a bad one, per se. Obviously there are the situations where you get pins, and when you use it to push chasing enemies away, but this introduces another problem; do i use this e to speed up my allies or push the enemy back a bit? There may be lots of use cases where the galio player is presented with two options that seem equally good, but not completely satisfying. Having versatility in a kit is fine, but personally i feel like a kit where you know exactly what the correct play is given a situation is much better, because you don't end up feeling like "oh, well i guess i should have done _____" if the play falls through.