Galio, the sentinel's sorrow

Taliyahc··3 votes·975 views

I loved the poppy rework. The shen rework was alright for me, but I agknowledge shen mains didn't like it. I loved the taric rework. Ryze's 378th rework was alright I loved the Yorick rework And I loved the warwick rework.

So please don't think I complain about champ reworks or complain about everything riot does, I actually likes all these reworks in the past 2 years a lot.

But what the heck did you do to galio? Based off of looks alone and voice, Galio has pretty much been vaporized into the game and an entire new champion has taken his place.

Taric rework had his feeling of a gem knight kept, yorick had his ghouls kept with a dead soul feeling, warwick was a werewolf, but all of a sudden nothing about the old Galio is kept in his design?

I can't say a lot on his skills yet, because I've yet to see them in depth but a lot of people feel that the new ult is just Aatrox and Malphite thrown together.

Honestly, this is the first rework I don't like. The new design looks bad and has turned Galio from a gargoyle which is unique into a golem (cough malphite cough).

8 Comments

Ralanr5 votes

Galio never sounded as sorrowful as his lore suggested imo.

Ahristocats4 votes

i don't hate the new galio

i hate the fact that old galio was deleted from league by 99%

99% because the 1% remaining is the name Galio

Taliyahc1 votes

Exactly my feelings so far.

midnight oil243 votes

Reminder: We haven't gotten any details on Galio or his lore yet. Please don't jump to conclusions.

DoktorKaiser2 votes

Yeah we (Galio players) mostly fucking hate its guts, we really need to start a petition to AT LEAST give us traditional Galio skin with his color patterne, flying animation instead of walking and old voice over, THAT IS THE LEAST THEY CAN DO AFTER FUCKING US RIGHT IN THE ASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taliyahc1 votes

I understanded he needed a rework, didn't think it'd be this...

Dabrick012 votes

Galio was in the lore as a sort of defender from the magical threats to Demacia.

I feel like they designed his kit first, and then decided that a grimey, rustic gargoyle was not right for him. They gave him a more heroic motif and made his model match that. There has been a massive call for a few traditional skins like traditional Yorick. I feel like Galio deserves one too.

While I am excited for what he could be i wonder what he will be. Is he now a top laner with an ulti so he can get to midlane? Is he a mid laner with a big map presence? IDK, but I'm sure interested.

Jbels1 votes

Visual Update: The process of updating a champion's visuals in a way that matches up with the modern lore / aesthetic of the game. Theme is usually kept but explored in a different way.

Relaunch: The champion is relaunched, with less focus on the theme of the previous iteration, and more of it on a new spin for the champion's lore / aesthetic.

I definitely think Galio falls into the same category as the first one. If you were paying attention, a Rioter mentioned that Demacia's calling card is the magic resistant white marble that it's buildings are made out of, and Galio is also made out of it now. Once we get his actual lore, it might clue us in on how this will change the dynamic of his character

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