@Riot How a small change to Galio could make a huge difference

xScarfy·3/7/2017, 11:58:31 AM·41 votes·3,666 views

Hey all, I am no Galio main, but I enjoy playing him from time to time and have passed lvl 4 mastery with him. He is my go-to midlaner after Kassadin. His rework has me very excited and what we have seen from his kit so far in his teaser looks like a lot of fun! But there is something that bugs me about his design...he looks awesome, its just that I can't seem to recognize the old Galio in there. But I found a small change that could help me out here: A rework is supposed to bring a champion up to the current standards (kit-wise and visual-wise) and Riot has done a pretty good job at this with past Reworks like Poppy or Warwick. If you look at the champion you can still tell thats its ,for example Poppy, who you are looking at. Why can't I seem to recognize the (now) old Galio in his updated model then? He has all the features that the old Galio had (besides from his colors): Wings, a tail, feet with claws, big fists,... to make it short: It's his face. The face is what we identify the most with a person. Now if we take a look at Galios (old) face we can see some characteristics: http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/6.24.1/img/champion/Galio.png So I jumped into windows Paint and tried to recreate those characteristics: http://imgur.com/pKttUi2 This is what I came up with (on the left is my edited version, on the right side is Galios current reworked model). All I did was to make his lower jaw bigger and give his eyes a similar magic glow that the old Galio has. Now if I look at the right picture I see a guy with a humanlike face and dead eyes, who killed Galio and took his name. But if I look at the left picture I can recognize the old Galio in there, glancing at me with proud, because of his new body!

So what do you think of this small change? Does it help? Is it better or worse? Please let me know!

xScarfy

43 Comments

lightdragoon883/7/2017, 3:53:07 PM11 votes

Maybe they can add an Traditional Galio where he has the blue/yellow design and that face model.

Blakiepug3/7/2017, 4:08:14 PM8 votes

Your new Galio looks miles better but it's still kind of hard for me to believe this is the same Galio as on live. Nonetheless, this makes him look more lively and less like the cold-hearted, murdering brute who stole Galio's name for sure.

Shield of Targon3/7/2017, 3:15:02 PM8 votes

As a Galio player, I like yours more. (I wish he was still blue, but eh, you can't win them all.)

Remember when Fiora was reworked, and everybody complained so much that they ended up making small changes to her? Maybe that will happen again. (We can still hope.)

xWaters3/7/2017, 3:33:51 PM5 votes

I like it better. Currently his eyes look hollow.

SpecterVonBaren3/8/2017, 12:50:28 AM4 votes
Rito Staff3/7/2017, 5:24:04 PM4 votes

Indeed it's his face T_T hadn't really been able to pin point my problem with him. Reworked Galio looks more like a man-statue than a Gargoyle

Gnart Even Close3/7/2017, 6:00:06 PM3 votes

Yeah I think that looks better too imo. It matches his bulky appearance a lot better and is a lot more reminiscent of the old Galio.

NewGuy1013/8/2017, 6:06:33 AM2 votes

They changed Galio from being a true Gargoyle to being a living sculpture. To be fair, it's pretty weird imagining Gothic themes such in Demacian architechure after the art update, especially the Gargoyle.

Valkyr823/7/2017, 8:46:17 PM2 votes

I just don't like how he looks like a transformer with wings. They need to change the face. All I see is transformer in that face

Sexy Jack Rabbit3/8/2017, 6:29:56 AM1 votes

I'm not a big fan of the jaw line, but I do think the eyes could go for a nice colour change.

Papa Andrei3/7/2017, 5:19:51 PM1 votes

It does look a bit better, but he seems to have a perpetual "what the fuck did I just see" face

XIII Vanitas3/7/2017, 8:19:23 PM1 votes

Tbh, I prefer the one on the right.

Iźuku Midoriya3/8/2017, 2:24:59 AM1 votes

Is it just me or does it feel he wont work mid anymore

Arakadia3/8/2017, 4:02:19 AM1 votes

Holy heckers! I agree completely!

AmazoX3/7/2017, 12:35:59 PM1 votes

Noice!