Can we please buff Galio's ult? (Super small change)

LatetotheRace··1 votes·558 views

.5-.75 seconds of immunity to CC. That's all I'm asking. Why you may ask? Champions like Lulu with abilities that CC a target, on a tiny delay can end Galio's ult on startup. Even when they get taunted their little abilities don't get interrupted (Because they're not channels for some reason) so they cast it anyway. I would say we could do the same to Nunu, but it doesn't hard cc them.

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zlumpy1 votes

Banshees is usually enough to do what you are asking for.

I do think he needs buffs though. I would like them to come in the form of his laser and tornado path though so he isn't constantly forced to flash for reliable ults.

Brutalitops011 votes

What Galio needs is a full rework. Most of the champions who are considered bad today, and have been considered bad for a long time, are like that because they have something in their kits that makes them obnoxious to play against if they were given even the smallest buffs. Galio is no different. A massive AoE taunt ultimate that deals a ton of damage after it ends. It's literally Nunu's ultimate but without as much damage that's more reliable. The rest of his kit was pretty weak as a whole, but he was nerfed into the ground because of just how strong his ultimate was. Look at Urgot. Look at the current live Yorick. Pre-Rework Sion. All these champions were once considered extremely busted because of their toxic kits. Urgot has spammable missiles that lock onto you and slow. Yorick's ghouls were once 1000x more oppressive, with lower mana costs and stronger effects on them, combined with a 10 second temporary revive on his ultimate that could make any teamfight a 6v5. Pre-Rework Sion would build full AP, hit an enemy with his targeted stun, and then blow up his shield on them for their entire health bars. Pre-Rework Poppy would ult the lowest damage enemy for 10 seconds of invulnerability to everyone but that enemy, build full AD, and just run into the enemy team and 1v5 while invulnerable. Galio is just once of those champions who shares that list of champions with toxic kits that literally anyone can pick up and play who did too much with too low of a skill ceiling, so he ended up being nerfed into the ground until Riot could figure out what to do with him.

HoboGod1 votes

Bah, the changes to Athene's Unholy Grail and (to a lesser extent) the removal of the distortion upgrade put the last nails in Galio's coffin. There's five things Galio needs to succeed: AP, MR, CDR, Mana Regen, and his Flash. It used to be that Galio could just get Athene's and he'd be online, presuming he hadn't blown his flash. Now what are his options? Abyssal Scepter and Banner of Command give AP, MR, and CDR, but the passive isn't great on him as he wants to be throwing his combo at ~800-900 range and he still has to buy into Mana Regen from somewhere. Morellonomicon and Frost Queen's Claim give AP, CDR, and Mana Regen, but you have to buy MR somewhere.

There's no one item power spike for Galio anymore. By the time Galio can reasonably reach his two item power spike, priority targets are already building QSS. In the current state of LoL, Galio needs a full rework. (That's gunna be said alot in this thread)

LatetotheRace1 votes

Oh I agree that he needs serious help. Probably could use a rework next season. That being said, I'm asking for a small QOL buff to make him a little better.

Very Hard Engage1 votes

galio main here

option 1. item 1056 item 2003 -> item 3010 -> item 3020 -> item 3027 -> item 3157 -> item 3089 / item 3152 (choose one then build the other) -> fill i reserve option 1 for general assassins or i despretley need the HP in the long run to survive poke/burst.

option 2. item 1056 item 2003 -> item 1056 item 1033 -> item 3001 -> item 3020 -> fill AP build here, any ap items work really, just take your pick.

from abyssal i generally go
item 3285 -> item 3157 -> item 3089 -> item 3135

option 2 is my bread and butter for most matchups where you need a galio to deal damage and carry a team, this will full combo a ADC without a banshees/GA and assuming i land Q=E while getting a max ult off.

i've been dabbling with item 3030 its ok, but i find myself reliant on the active damage and it lacks cdr so i typically need other items first.


galio was hurt with the grail change, but with the ap itemization update it became managable again, assuming you take mana regen runes/meditation and maybe add in a little scaling cdr if you want too, but i prefer penetration/magic resistance for early game dominance, galio will hit hard and have a really good amount of bulk, the only issue is early game last hitting, if you can do it you're a god.

galios Q easily deals more damage than any other poke ability, even viktors laser. so they will eventually have to back assuming you TRADE and you aren't take FREE POKE while you fail to last hit minions. W will heal you back up and you will outlast your opponent.

galio cant SPAM like he used to with grail, but if you just hit your 2 skill shots and heal yourself galio is really really good. you flash ult at 6 and its a free kill for you or your jungler every time.

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