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Galio, the Colossus, is a tank and mage champion of medium difficulty. Across our 818 analysed ranked games, Galio is mostly played in Mid (78% of its games), and more rarely as Support (14%), with a 52.0% win rate in that role: tier A among Mid champions (#12 of 42, ranked by win rate). Galio's damage is mostly magic (95%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 57.8% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 341 games) versus 44.6% in short games (under 25 min).
Averages measured over 642 Mid games played with Galio, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Galio is a tank-mage who protects his allies from afar: his ultimate designates an ally's position, gives an anti-magic shield to every ally in the area, then slams down to knock enemies up. Shield of Durand taunts after a channel, Justice Punch knocks up the first champion hit, and Winds of War creates a tornado that deals damage over time.
Q
E
AA
AA
When: An enemy is within tornado range.
Winds of War fires two gusts that converge into a tornado, Justice Punch knocks up the first champion hit, and your passive deals area damage.
R
E
W
When: An ally is in danger far from you.
Hero's Entrance designates an ally's area, gives every ally an anti-magic shield, then Galio slams down after a delay, knocking up nearby enemies.
W
When: Enemies are targeting your team.
Shield of Durand is a channeled defensive stance; on release, you taunt and damage nearby enemies.
Your passive deals area magic damage every few seconds: time a basic attack on the minions and the champion. Shield of Durand slows you while channeling; only use it against magic damage.
The most-played core build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Imperial Mandate (61 games, 59.0% win rate), usually with Chainlaced Crushers (57.0% over 249 games).
Chainlaced Crushers57.0% · 249 games
Armored Advance49.5% · 182 games
Spellslinger's Shoes49.6% · 141 games
Flash + Teleport51.1% · 415 games
Flash + Ignite53.5% · 159 games
Flash + Ghost54.2% · 59 games
Manaflow Band86%
Transcendence90%
Scorch98%
Second Wind76%
Unflinching54%
Shield Bash90%
Bone Plating65%
Overgrowth88%Transcendence88%
Nimbus Cloak58%
Sudden Impact98%
Grisly Mementos84%
Treasure Hunter53%Scorch67%Nimbus Cloak63%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Galio's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
Imperial Mandate
59.5% ▲
Hextech Rocketbelt
63.6% ▲
Hollow Radiance
62.8% ▲
Zhonya's Hourglass
66.7% ▲
Riftmaker
70.8%
Abyssal Mask
59.1%The item that stands out most is Hextech Rocketbelt: 63.6% win rate, +12 points versus its usual win rate.
Imperial Mandate
55.8%Hextech Rocketbelt
49.1%Zhonya's Hourglass
55.1% ▼Hollow Radiance
53.5%
Stormsurge
46.2% ▼Riftmaker
64.0% ▼No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Imperial Mandate
54.7%Hextech Rocketbelt
49.6%Zhonya's Hourglass
57.8%Hollow Radiance
49.2% ▼Abyssal Mask
60.5%
Kaenic Rookern
50.0% ▼No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Ahri
Galio: 33.3%21 games
Ahri has the edge in 67% of the 21 Mid duels against Galio. See the Ahri guide.
Syndra
Galio: 33.3%21 games
Syndra has the edge in 67% of the 21 Mid duels against Galio. See the Syndra guide.
Yone
Galio: 36.8%19 games
Yone has the edge in 63% of the 19 Mid duels against Galio. See the Yone guide.
Akali
Galio: 43.8%16 games
Akali has the edge in 56% of the 16 Mid duels against Galio. See the Akali guide.
Locke
Galio: 53.1%32 games
Locke has the edge in 47% of the 32 Mid duels against Galio. See the Locke guide.
Viktor61.9% · 21 games
Sylas61.1% · 18 gamesLocke53.1% · 32 gamesAkali43.8% · 16 gamesYone36.8% · 19 gamesWin rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Galio's matchups.
The most-played core build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Imperial Mandate (61 games, 59.0% win rate), usually with Chainlaced Crushers (57.0% over 249 games).
Galio's toughest matchups in Mid are Ahri (33.3% win rate over 21 games), Syndra (33.3% win rate over 21 games), and Yone (36.8% win rate over 19 games).
Galio posts its best win rates against Viktor (61.9%), Sylas (61.1%), and Locke (53.1%).
Win rate varies with game length: 57.8% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 341 games) versus 44.6% in short games (under 25 min).
The most-played rune page uses Stormraider's Surge with the Resolve secondary tree (397 games, 50.1% win rate).
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