Galios New Role

Swollwonder·Mar 22, 2017·1 votes·671 views

So is Galio only really a mid laner now? I used to kinda play him as support every now and again but where is he supposed to go in his new role?

18 Comments

RalanrMar 22, 20172 votes

He looks like he could work as a support, but top seems to be his primary.

TheHappyReaperzMar 22, 20171 votes

Top/Mid, but hey, if you want to play him support, go ahead.

Very Hard EngageMar 22, 20171 votes

have fun shoving the wave and forcing 2v3's from enemy jungler realizing your levels down and behind thanks to all the missed cs.

SwollwonderMar 22, 20171 votes

I mean...you get experience even if you miss cs

Very Hard EngageMar 22, 20172 votes

takes too much poke, has to back often. no sustain or shielding.

if you put galio bot its going to be a kill lane much the same as pantheon, you either get ahead and snowball or its very lacking.

RalanrMar 22, 20171 votes

Targons, health pots, usual stuff to sustain support tanks.

Cause I'm not seeing many who do have sustain. Tahm and Taric are the only I see and Taric's heal is crap.

Edit: and Alistar.

Very Hard EngageMar 22, 20171 votes

Soraka Sona Bard Janna Karma Lulu Thresh Zilean literally every other support

besides blitz/morg/leona/naut

"zyra/brand/annie/vel" """"supports""""

RalanrMar 22, 20171 votes

So ignoring the lack of tank supports (except for Thresh) in your example, how does Thresh have sustain?

Sustain is the thing he lacks.

And what about Braum? Braum doesn't have sustain!

Almost as if the tank support item gives a form of sustain. Who would've thought?

Very Hard EngageMar 22, 20171 votes

oh jeez, even i forgot braum. but what they do bring is is reliable peel.

thresh has a shield and a team mate escape, thats way better than an engage for someone squishy.

engages are a dime a dozen.

RalanrMar 22, 20171 votes

Nautilus and Leona also have good peel, arguably more effective than Thresh's lantern since its effectiveness scales on whether people will click it or not. It's partially out of his control.

And being better than someone to engage is more situational. Sometimes having a support who can engage works better than a peeler. That's why Leona works as a support. Hell, that's why Sion support is so powerful and why Blitzcrank is a menace in low elo.

Galio being an engage tank support isn't bad.

Very Hard EngageMar 22, 20171 votes

its not god awful, but its heavily outclassed by the aforementioned.

why pick galio when you can pick leona.

RalanrMar 22, 20171 votes

Ability to come to the ADCs aid from a further distance.

Imo Galio can function as a more defensive Leona. Still aggressive, but not "all in boys!" Meme level potential like Leona.

He also denies some engages with the threat of his taunt. "Can I kill the ADC before his taunt goes off?"

Also can harass the enemy from a far, unlike Leona.

Very Hard EngageMar 22, 20171 votes

while shoving the wave and getting yourself ganked.

aces. good job sup. you mismanaged the wave, and now lane, into the ground.

RalanrMar 22, 20171 votes

Because clearly you're not going to aim to hit as few minions as possible.

And if you don't have the river warded and don't back off when you see a gank coming, then you deserve it. That's the case for every poke/aggressive support.

TheHappyReaperzMar 22, 20171 votes

Janna, Karma, Lulu and Zilean aren't don't have much sustain. They do more preventative measures, but don't actually heal you.