Galio Rework in the works at all?

Sir ArmaMalum··3 votes·967 views

Hey so I've been doing my best keeping up on the rework news, but according to Lolking Galio has had the least games played this month, which begs the question on whether or not he will be getting a rework or not.

I realize that popularity (or the lack there-of) isn't a huge factor on deciding rework order, but when you think about it his kit doesn't really work well either, he plays like a caster but has a Rammus-style passive that makes you feel bad for buying anything that doesn't have MR. Granted with the meta leaning towards AD heavy teams his play has plummeted, but I just want to ask a question to show where he is as an intuitive champ. Is he a support or is he a tank? His passive and ult defines him as a tank, but his W and E lean towards a support. And his Q feels like a Corki Q, just kinda....there.
I know there are tank/supports like Taric and Leona but they all function as tanks within a fight, bringing cc and the option of a heal. Galio cannot function nearly as well without his ult and in my eyes works exactly like an offtank. Someone who can buff the tank and team, is meant to take a bit of damage, and deal enough damage to be noticed. But he does none of this too well. Thoughts anyone?

7 Comments

SDX02 votes

ricklessabandon said he was going to try some things with him, mainly moving the MR scaling to individual abilities and giving him a real passive, but I haven't read anything else on the matter since then.

I'm sure it'll come up again when he's done with the other champions.

jwf9991 votes

He is a mid lol.

Sir ArmaMalum1 votes

I've seen him mid yeah, and the passive is really nice for a lane counter, but I'm talking about how you play him. If you play him to deal damage with a combination of his passive and spell range then that's yet another thing that's a problem, want more danage? Then what are you using his W for? If you want to use his range and poke the best you can then why do you need to jump into the middle of the team pop your ult? It's all about intuition and I personally don't feel Galio has it.

jwf9991 votes

Honestly He isn't a big ap mid carry. He is a wait for teamfights tanky land my ult and win the game type of guy. W is a great counter to items like liandrays and champs like cassiopiea or teemo.

GummyTurtlePvP1 votes

idk why he is so underplayed he is VERY op mid i play him a lot and have his gatekeeper skin. His combo is E>Q, E>Q, E,Q and when they get low after too much poking then ult. before you take too much damage put up that shield and it heals u :3

Macmares1 votes

he is a ap bruiser i'd compare him to like swain he's not supposed to stay in the back and q he's supposed to get in their faces and ult if he does get a rework just buff and nerf certain spells please dont change him to much- a past galio main

Kesew1 votes

Never see galio played. Would like to see him reworked cause I like a lot of the ideas of his kit being based around controlling movespeed of team and enemies, but he really just doesn't seem like he brings a lot of anything outside of his ult at this point.

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