Omg

Janna mìd·Jan 27, 2017·3 votes·416 views

I did it I am now mastery 7 with Galio :DDDD (my first mastery 7) Thanks to the idea of playing him support i did some 9/4/28 that was sweet I'm so happy rn :DDD

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Wind WhistlerFeb 1, 20172 votes

I'm so sorry for your loss ;-;

Janna mìdFeb 1, 20172 votes

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I'm so sorry for your loss ;-;

Aww ur sweet I hope it won't be like Xerath and i'll still play him after the rework, I have faith c: (i'm still sad bout that though)

Wind WhistlerFeb 2, 20172 votes

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Aww ur sweet I hope it won't be like Xerath and i'll still play him after the rework, I have faith c: (i'm still sad bout that though)

Thank god you knew what I was referring too. Yeah, I wish I had my level 7 mastery refunded for Yorick- Hell, I don't even want him in my champion roster anymore. Also, unfortunately, I've lost most of my faith after what happened to Sion, Poppy, and Yorick. I regained some of it when they gave Warwick an ACTUAL update. I started playing League only about a month after they reworked Xerath, and it's a shame, because he looked a lot more fun pre-rework. Oh well! And I'm just curious, but what, in your opinion, defines Galio? As in, what makes him who he is? I'm mainly talking about gameplay wise, btw.

Janna mìdFeb 2, 20171 votes

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Thank god you knew what I was referring too. Yeah, I wish I had my level 7 mastery refunded for Yorick- Hell, I don't even want him in my champion roster anymore. Also, unfortunately, I've lost most of my faith after what happened to Sion, Poppy, and Yorick. I regained some of it when they gave Warwick an ACTUAL update. I started playing League only about a month after they reworked Xerath, and it's a shame, because he looked a lot more fun pre-rework. Oh well! And I'm just curious, but what, in your opinion, defines Galio? As in, what makes him who he is? I'm mainly talking about gameplay wise, btw.

Oh u were a Yorick main ? That's weird how Yorick kept the same them, the whole summoning thing, while being a totally different champ with different mechanics and ways to play him (like he can't engage without any preparation now and don't have any poke except if u play him ap (which i did btw)) And yeah Xerath before rework was one of the funniest champ to play, his W was a really good idea to me idk why they kinda put that on his ulti and not on a basic ability

Personally I don't understand why everyone is thinking Galio is shit against ad, i don't feel like he's that much a mage counter, cuz outside of his passive there's anything that relate him to that and his passive isn't that good (even if the 60 AP lvl 1 is pretty sweet but Galio is so weak before he gets mana it's not that incredible), I mean look at Veigar's one. For me, what truly defines Galio is 2 of his abilities ; his W and his ult. I'm in low elo and down there players keep healing be through my W it's hilarious, and it really makes Galio more a DoT counter than a mage counter. I counter way more Jhin and Mf than Ziggs for exemple and brand he's healing me everytime he hit a spell on me. Also, increasing by a crazy amount ur allies defense and healing of them taking damage is really cool. Also, well his ult is iconic, but it is quite hard to cast well since u have to care about any empowered basic attack, especially the udyr/braum ones. I also think the fact that Galio is so weak early but strong late game whenever he build tanky, cannon glasses or mixed is really cool, I like having that much choices And btw playing Galio is really good to learn how to cast skillshots since his Q is one of the hardest to land ability i ever seen (it takes like 0.7s to reach its destination if you throw it maw range, and its radius is fairly small) but it actually deals some nice damage, and i often end up dealing the most damage of the game (i build him almost totally cannon glass for the moment (RoA, abyssal, sorcerer shoes, protobelt, rabadon, void staff/zhonya)) I really think he would be fine if riot allowed that double tapping his E would make him dash on top of making the pattern of wind he already does and kinda decreased his mana cost (and nerf ult damage, he would be too strong otherwise), or just even make actually a single keystone that synergize well with him (cuz there is none), but riot want to make him a totally different champ with just the same ult so whatever

Wind WhistlerMar 12, 20171 votes

Oh man, I'm sorry it took so long for me to reply. My computer broke down and stuff. What a time to reply, considering that Galio's "rework" has been announced. I really don't know why they do this- They should just make all of these reworks new champions, except for Warwick, since he still feels, looks, and sounds like Warwick.

Anyways, to be honest, I wasn't exactly a Yorick main- Or at least, he wasn't my primary. At first, I hated using him in ARAM, but eventually, I somehow got better with him, to the point I was usually dishing out and receiving 2x the damage everyone else was at the end of the game. A bit after, I started playing him on SR, and after a little bit of adjusting, I started to get the hang of him. I just loved how he played- Once you were able to stick to someone, you just went ham on them, no matter who they were. To be honest, I think like, 75% of the time I got my full build, we won the game. He was definitely my favorite Juggernaut- I love how well he scaled into the late game. What's strange is that everyone said these weird things about him that I never found to be true. How he "has no counter", or "win the lane lose the game", and even how "there was no counterplay". People even said his visuals were terrible, which they weren't at all. They were actually really good for his time, and even somewhat held up until today. I just can't stand the new Yorick- He's so oppressive in lane, but outside of the lane, if he doesn't have his ult, he's screwed. Even if he does, I usually end up dying without taking anyone with me. I just want him off my roster- I never mastered New Yorick. I only mastered the old one.

Now, finally, on to Galio. Yeah, I have no idea why people think that he's an anti-mage. I get furious every time people tell me to stack MR, and if I don't, then they call me a "galio noob", even though i'm Mastery 7 with him. The amount of AP he gets from magic resist items is pathetic. Spirit Visage only gives 27, and abyssal only gives 30. Mercury Treads only gives him TWELVE, and the passive on them is useless. CC can still screw over your ult. To be honest, I actually take Ninja Tabi instead on him, since Zhonya's is so poor stat-wise. I used to take Frozen Heart instead of Zhonya's, although part of the reason is because my actual main is Cho'Gath, who, ever since they nerfed Zhonya's, I've been buying Frozen Heart on instead. Actually, I've completely replaced Zhonya's with Frozen Heart. When I used to play champions like Heimerdinger and Vel'Koz, I'd take Frozen Heart instead, along with items like Rod of Ages and Rylai's (rip that item), so I'd both be tanky and deal a lot of damage (as well as having 40% to spam spells). Back to Galio, though. I switched to Ninja Tabi instead of Frozen Heart because before, I found the optimal Boot choice to be Lucidity, which is also good because it helps lower the cooldown of Flash, so you can use it with your ult more often. However, since I also built Spirit Visage and Abyssal Scepter, I'd end up with 50% CDR, and therefor 10% of it would be wasted. Plus, since you're going to be getting auto'd when you Ult, Ninja Tabi's passive is helpful for further reducing the damage you take. Overall, I've changed my build to be more stat efficient. And yeah, his Ult and W are what defines him for me, too, with a little more emphasis on the ult. They also synergize really well with each other. Ult, then shield so that you heal from their auto attacks. Since his shield also raises his MR, it also makes his ult do a bit of more damage. Also, as for his E, that sounds like a really cool idea. I really like the feeling of it late game, when its cooldown is really short, and half of the time you and your allies are riding on it. The movement speed is great, but the damage and AOE is also really good. When you're sieging/getting sieged, it can be a tough choice whether to use it to attack or to run away from harm. There are a lot of choices you make when you play Galio. His ult can be used in more than one way, and so can his E, as well as his W, and even his Q. It's a shame what they're doing to him. It really is. Also, just out of curiosity, what do you level first on him, or does it depend on the matchup? I almost always level my W first. The heals are insane, as well as the armor and mr it gives you.

Janna mìdMar 12, 20172 votes

I've actually played Yorick once before his rework, and yeah I thought he was fun. He kept the same theme before and after the rework but his playstyle is totally different, since now he has to set up his engages for example so i felt kinda sad for the old yorick mains but I never really played him so I don't really know what he used to feels like

Ur lvl 7 on Galio too ? I didn't knew I still think the 30 bonus AP on abyssal is quite something actually, because with its passive (the 10% more magic damage) it is one of the item that increases galio's damage the most (after deathcape, seraph, lunden, and perhaps void staff and liandry)

Uh I never played Galio tank that much but I played him bruiser in season 6 (and i was rushing frozen heart too :D) My build was frozen heart, abyssal, sorcerer shoes (or tabi/merc sometimes), spirit visage, lunden and then deathcap, with the +50 AP elixir at the end, I had 600 to 660 AP with 2700 HP, 195 to 290 (thx to the +5% in masteries) armor, and the same amount of rm, around 25 magic penetration, 45% cd and +43% healing (with windspeaker) it was great At that time I used to lvl Q then W and then E, and each time I was seing someone max E second I felt like it was giving me cancer but actually, E is pretty useful to lvl up too Now I go Q then E then W since I'm playing full AP (but if i'l against brand or cassio i go w second), but I think I'm gonna do my bruiser build again before his rework goes on live cuz omg it's true that the heals were beyond expectation

And yeah Galio feels really good late game

To be honest, it's true that his abilities did not had like the craziest synergy in the game but his W had a good one with his passive (and so all his spells) and the ult, since W in ult was as many heals as ww current ult, and Q + E is actually really good to catch people with ult, I mean I was still totally able to land a good ult on galio without flash (must be cuz i was in bronze/silver (even if there are golds in every game i play) so it was still decent And now well they're turning him in a new champ with a different theme (he even says to poppy he's not a gargoyle), a different look, a different personality, voice and a different kit (he still got the same name though) So it really feels bad

Wind WhistlerMar 13, 20171 votes

Yeah, exactly. The only real thing he has in common with the old Yorick is that he has the ghouls, but even then, they aren't even called ghouls anymore. They're called mistwalkers. And since his ghouls are now tied to minions dying, the majority of his power is in lane. But, whereas the old one had each of his ghouls give him 5% damage reduction, as well as one of the ghouls healing him for a lot, the new one has one ability (his Q) that he can use every like, 6 seconds or so to recover just a little bit of HP, which is doubled if you're below half health. And that's all he has- He has nothing else to make him last longer in a fight, and once he dies, all of the ghouls die, too. So, even when he's in lane, which is his main strength, he's not that much stronger than the old one. Of course, he's a lot better at bullying a single person early game than the old one was, mostly because he doesn't have to use mana to summon ghouls, and therefor doesn't run out as fast. My least favorite thing about him though is how unfair his combo is. His kit meshes together TOO well. If you get hit with his W, then he's going to be able to easily land his E on you, and then summon his ghouls and have them jump on you and deal a ridiculous amount of damage to you, since you'll still be trapped in his W. If you get hit by his E, then you'll be slowed, and it will be a lot easier for him to land his W on you. Then he'll summon ghouls and do the same thing again. It's very.. Binary, I think? I don't quite know the word for it. I also hate how you don't have to fight alongside them anymore. You can just walk away while your ghouls beat someone to death, since unlike before, he doesn't get any bonuses for having his ghouls out, like the damage reduction from his passive and the movement speed from his Q. You're right, though. He is a completely different champion, almost. Not a day goes by where I wish I could just play him one last time.

And yeah, I just got level 7 recently. I had been 6 for quite a while- Up until yesterday, actually, I think. Also, sorry, I sort of misspoke. Abyssal Scepter is a GREAT item on him- But that's because it gives you 60 AP as well, along with the 10% CDR and the passive, which is great. So overall, it gives you 90 AP, 60 MR, 10% CDR, and basically 20+ magic penetration, which is extremely stat efficient. The MR Spirit Visage gives you isn't that important, since you already have enough from Abyssal Scepter, but the 25% healing from all sources you get is amazing.

I wasn't really trying to go Tank Galio- I just wanted armor, mana, and cooldown reduction, yet didn't want to put my gold into an item with poor cost efficiency like Zhonya's. It was more along the lines of bruiser, much like yours. Actually, I think my build was completely the same, except that I rushed ROA first, and had that instead of Luden's. Although, I DID sometimes switch out my boots for Luden's late game. Also, yeah, I should probably start using Windspeaker's blessing again, rather than Deathfire Touch. I'm not quite sure why I stopped. Also, I actually leveled E for a short time. It's not bad at all- The length and width is huge, and it's great at clearing waves. You can hit the entire minion wave with it, actually. It doesn't do quite as much damage as maxing Q does, but it's a bit easier to hit, and the cooldown gets lower the more you level it.

And no, you're right, his kit didn't synergize perfectly or anything. To be honest, though, I think champion's kits are better off that way. I think it usually ends up making them more versatile and interesting. I think Galio's kit synergizes with itself JUST good enough. Not too much, and not too little.

To finish off, yes, that's exactly what's happening. The only thing the new Galio has in common with the old one is the name, and the name only. He should just be a new champion, really. Same with Yorick. Same with Sion. Same with Poppy. I want a REAL update, like what they did with Warwick. Now THAT'S a rework. I wish I could play with you- I've never seen a good Galio before. Oh well.