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Galio gutting on PBE

Neo Metalsonic·6/16/2017, 6:13:11 AM·1 votes·446 views

Why? Nerfing an already average champion even more (the dorans ring mana removal was a nerf on Galio overall since enemy toplaners often didn't go with 2-3 dorans rings) will just make him awful and never picked. Not sure based on what data Riot is deciding to nerf Galio.

Meanwhile: Fiora, Ivern and Lulu are just running rampant. Fiora destroys play at any level except maybe proplay. Ivern and Lulu are destroying in both. It's not fun to play a fighter and be against an enemy ivern + lulu. You basically have to go through an enemy carry his health bar 3 times to kill him, making the adc in some cases more tankier than champions with tank items.

Galio doesn't need the gutting he deserves, he lacks kill potential more than anything. Just giving him 10% more AP ratio on his E won't really solve it, going full AP on a kit like Galio is like going full AP on malphite. I'm really not sure why Riot is trying to push Galio to build AP while his kit simply won't allow it. It's actually much worse than a malphite AP because Galio his ult isn't instant and not semi guaranteed to hit.

11 Comments

KnightOfEloHell6/16/2017, 6:17:12 AM1 votes

It's a shame, Galion isn't even OP. He's a cool champion, and an awsome tank, but super easy to play against if you have sustain.

Paroe6/16/2017, 6:17:26 AM1 votes

Did you know galio has one of the highest base damage basic spells in the game? He fires two projectiles (which can both deal damage) and a tornado which deals base damage+%HP.
Since the two projectiles fuse at a point and not at an edge, he actually hits both projectiles fairly often.

Also galio has always been intended to be an antimage - in the previous iteration he built raw AP. In this iteration he builds RoA and lichbane.

Lady Hammerlock6/16/2017, 6:19:34 AM1 votes

Actually, there is something VERY wrong with Galio

When you see people building him full fucking tank mid lane and still dealing tons of damage, something is very obviously wrong. What riot wants is for Galio to build AP + tank, thus they lower his base damages in trade for ratios

Chønklord6/16/2017, 6:23:20 AM1 votes

Ivern already received nerfs.

Lulu has always been a meta pick and strong when the carry is strong.

Lucian + Lulu were abused because of BORK and BC.

MrHaZeYo6/16/2017, 6:46:35 AM1 votes

I don't think its a gutting, you just may need to build a ap/hp item to make up for the q base being gone.