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Looks like with this rework riot’s building up their tank champion line-up starting with the Galio Rework. We went ahead and spent some time on the PBE test server and found that this champion can be played in many roles. Top, Mid Lane and even as a Support. In this Galio Build Guide we are going to walk you through the Item Builds for each role and the Rune Pages, Masteries Pages that work best with our Galio Item Build.
- Attack Range: 150
- Base Move Speed: 335
- Base Damage: 59
- Damage Per Level: 3.5
- Attack Speed Per Level : 1.5
- HP: 550
- HP Per Level: 100
- Mana: 400
- Mana Per Level: 40
- Base Armor: 27
- Armor Per Level: 3.5
- Magic Resist : 32
- Magic Resist per level: 1.25
- Base HP Regen: 4.6
- HP Regen Per Level: 0.16
- Mana Regen: ?
- Mana Regen Per Level: ?
Galio Role: Tank
NEW Galio Abilities
(Passive) Ability: Colossal Smash
Bonus Magic Damage: 10/16/22/28/34/40/48/56/64/72/80/88/100/112/124/136/148/160
Every 8 seconds, Galio’s next basic attack deals [10-160 Damage] (+100% total AD)(+40/50/60% MR) magic damage in an AOE.
Ability: Winds of War
Magic Damage: 60/95/130/165/200 (+60% AP)
Mana Cost: 70/75/80/85/90
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6
Galio fires two wind blasts that deal magic damage. When the wind blasts meet, they combine into a giant tornado that deals additional 30/45/60/75/90 (+40% AP) plus 9% of enemies’ maximum Health (max 300 vs. monsters) as magic damage over 1.5 seconds.
Ability: Shield of Durand
Damage Reduction: 20/25/30/35/40% + ( 4% Per 100 bonus Armor) (8% Per 100 bonus MR)
Mana Cost: 50 at all levels
Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/12
Passive: After not taking any damage for 12 seconds Galio gains a shield that absorbs 8/11/14/17/20/23% total HP of magic damage.
First Cast: Galio starts to charge up, gaining 20/25/30/35/40% + ( 4% per 100 bonus Armor) (8% per 100 bonus MR ) of Damage Reduction during this time he will be slowing himself by 30%.
Second Cast: Galio taunts nearby enemy champions for 0.5 to 1.5 seconds and refreshes the Damage Reduction for 4 seconds. Taunt duration and radius increase with charge time.
(Shield of Durand’s charge cannot be interrupted by crowd control.)
Ability: Justice Punch
Magic Damage: 100/140/180/220/260 (+70% AP)
Mana Cost: 30/35/40/45/50
Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10
Galio lunges forward with a mighty blow, dealing 100/140/180/220/260 (+70% AP) magic damage to enemies and knocking them into the air for 0.75 seconds. Galio will stop upon hitting a champion or terrain.
Ultimate Ability: Hero’s Entrance
Magic Damage: 150/250/350 (+70% AP)
Damage Reduction: 20/30/40% + (4% per 100 bonus Armor) (8% per 100 bonus MR )
Mana Cost: 100 at all levels
Cooldown: 160/140/120
Range: 4000/4750/5500
Galio designates an allied champion’s current position as his landing spot and grants 20/30/40% + (4% per 100 bonus Armor) (8% per 100 bonus MR ) damage reduction to that ally until he lands. When Galio lands, enemies in the area take 150/250/350 (+70% AP) magic damage and are knocked into the air for 0.75 seconds (1.25 seconds for enemy champions in the center).
Galio Item Build
With this New Galio Rework there are a couple of ways you can Build Galio. The first thing to note is we will be focused on his Top and Mid Lane Galio Item Builds, but since we noticed with our time on PBE he could very well be played as a support we will include recommended items to build on Galio as a Support Pick.
Mid/Top Lane Galio Item Build
Mid Lane Galio Item Build
- First Item: Rod of Ages – Morellonomicon
This is due to the need for mana early on for the Mid Lane Reworked Galio Build.
- Second Item: Abyssal Scepter – Zhonyas Hourglass
If you using the Rune Page we recommend for Mid Lane your Yellow Scaling Health Over Time should get you through the early to mid game allowing you to Build Galio with even more damage.
- Third Item: Void Staff – Liandrys Torment
If you don’t want your damage to fall off it will be important that you build one of these two items as your 3rd Item and in most cases, both should be built.
Top Lane Galio Item Build
- First Item: Rod of Ages – Morellonomicon
This mana hunger will also apply to the Top Lane Reworked Galio Build as well.
- Second Item: Abyssal Scepter – Zhonyas Hourglass – Iceborn Gauntlet – Deadman Plate
Your items choices open up here a bit since your a top lane tank and are not required to build damage.
- Third Item: Liandrys Torment – Banshee’s Veil – Randuin’s Omen – Guardian Angel
By the time you reach your third item should you should be able to dive into the enemy with little to no fear and allow you to do what you can for your team.
Support Galio Item Build
- First Item: Ruby Sightstone And Relic Shield
These are Standard must have items on almost any tanky support champion, we recommend building both.
- Second Item: Redemption – Knight’s Vow – Face of the Mountain – Eye of the Equinox
These are all excellent choices, we recommend Redemption since it can provide you with both HP and Mana Regain and the Shield Power Bonus. You can, however, opt to finish you Relic Shield or Sight Stone items if you manage to acquire some extra gold.
- Third Item: Randuin’s Omen – Zz’rot Portal – Locket of the Iron Solari – Banner of Command
You going to need Armor or Magic Resist stats at this point in your build, we tend to lean more towards the Locket of the Iron Solari.
Masteries
There are two main Keystone Masteries Galio’s Rework benefits from.
- Courage of the Colossus:
This Keystone will shield you based on how many enemy champions are nearby when you land a Snare, Stun, Knock Up or Taunt, this has amazing synergy with both his (W) Second Cast AOE Taunt and (R) Ultimate AOE Knock Up.
Top Lane / Support Masteries
- Thunderlord’s Decree:
Thankfully there is an easy way you can proc the Keystone Mastery with the new galio rework, Using you (Q) Winds of War ability will almost always proc Thunderlords with just One Cast
Mid Lane Masteries
Runes
Even with the Champion Update For Galio his Rune Pages didn’t really change much, there are still two primary rune pages you should use. One of these will be for a lane matchup versus an AD champion the other and what will likely be used mostly mid lane is a rune page built with magic resist.
Support / Top Lane Rune Page
- RED Mark: Magic Penetration 9x
- YELLOW Seal: Health at Level 18 9x
- BLUE Glyph: Magic Resist at Level 18 9x
- PURPLE Quintessence: Armor 3x
Mid Lane Rune Page
- RED Mark: Magic Penetration 9x
- YELLOW Seal: Health at Level 18 9x
- BLUE Glyph: Magic Resist at Level 18 9x
- PURPLE Quintessence: Ability Power 3x
Skill Order
The first ability you level and max on the new galio rework is a given since everything just won’t work. after you have maxed out Q this is where it becomes more of a preference. E will provide you with a lot more catch and damage if you can land it, since scales very well both with base damage and AP Ratio. However, the W ability will provide you with an overall bigger and better amount of stats that make you un killable.
Now that you know how to build Galio you should understand what lane matchups you should avoid.