Galio needs a reasonable buff without affecting his wave clear and ult.

Hi I'm one of the "higher" elo Galio players. I did an AMA not too long ago.

Galio is a bit undertuned right now.

The new Rune rework benefitted Galio substantially. He was over tuned and Riot decided to trim to keep Galio in check. I agree with Riot's decision of nerfing Galio's Q mana cost and R cool down.

I no longer agree with Riot's decision of nerfing Galio's Q cooldown. Experience from playing Galio shit tons, I've concluded that having +2 seconds on his lvl 5 Q makes no difference in wave clear. Level 9 Galio can 1 shot range minions most of the time. This nerf takes too much away from Galio's mid-game and late-game team fighting. This is not where Galio's pro-play problems exist.

**Riot please revert patch 8.5 Galio nerf: **

Cooldown increased to 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds from 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6

Why not give him more buffs?

When Galio is meta, he's fucking busted. Galio single handidly has the ability to break the Assassin-Control-Roam convention in the mid lane by bringing in an unkillable tank with global and waveclear. He suffocates all other mid lane playstyles, this is why Riot does not want Galio to be a jack of all trade meta mid laner. He has to be niche for the game state to be healthy.

Should Galio have 50% winrate in soloQ?

No, I believe his winrates are low in solo queue because of all 1tricks and mains, Galio players have not researched the champion enough. Unlike Ryze and Azir mains, Galio players don't have the excuse of mechanics being the gap between soloQ and pro play. I think this is due to inefficient itemization, and not utilizing his ultimate correctly.

Thanks for reading. is bae.