The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Mid Line GALIO. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Amplifying Tome
+25 Ability Power
500
Rod of Ages
Stats grow over time
+250 Max Health
+60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+300 Max Mana
Eternity: Restore Mana equal to 15% of the damage taken from champions. Restore Health equal to 20% Mana spent. Capped at 25 Health per cast.
Veteran: Each stack provides 25 Health, 10 Mana and 6 Ability Power, stacking at a rate of 1 every 40 seconds. Max of 10 stacks, providing 250 Health, 100 Mana, and 60 Ability Power.
2800
Rod of Ages TIPS: AP item that gives lots of defensive stats.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration
+55 Ability Power
+45 Move Speed.
+150% Mana Regeneration
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
1400
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration
+55 Ability Power
+45 Move Speed.
+150% Mana Regeneration
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
1400
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage
+200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Magic Resistance
+45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken by 7-12% ().
1350
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown)
1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Protobelt Enchant
Small dash
Protobelt (Active): Dash forward and unleash a cone of missiles that deal 70 magic damage. (60s Cooldown)
If champions or monsters are hit by more than one missile, the additional missiles deal only 10% damage.
500
Protobelt Enchant TIPS: Buy this when you need to close the gap to get on to the enemy.
Rod of Ages
Stats grow over time
+250 Max Health
+60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+300 Max Mana
Eternity: Restore Mana equal to 15% of the damage taken from champions. Restore Health equal to 20% Mana spent. Capped at 25 Health per cast.
Veteran: Each stack provides 25 Health, 10 Mana and 6 Ability Power, stacking at a rate of 1 every 40 seconds. Max of 10 stacks, providing 250 Health, 100 Mana, and 60 Ability Power.
2800
Rod of Ages TIPS: AP item that gives lots of defensive stats.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration
+55 Ability Power
+45 Move Speed.
+150% Mana Regeneration
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
1400
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power
+100 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%.
3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: A huge power spike for champions with high AP ratios to increase AP by 20-45% and significantly increase their damage. Most effective against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage
+85 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Destiny: +5% Move Speed.
Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health.
3200
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item increases damage to enemies with low health. Indispensable for mages and assassins with magical damage type.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability
+60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+200 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.
3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Lich Bane
Attacks deal bonus damage aster ability casts
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Bane: +5% Move Speed.
Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus magic damage equal to 75% base AD + 50% AP . (1.5s Cooldown) Damage is reduced vs structures.
2950
Lich Bane TIPS: Adds extra burst to your damage output and mainly effective against squishy champions that have low magic resistance. Helps quickly takedown AD Carries, mages and assassins.
Lich Bane
Attacks deal bonus damage aster ability casts
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Bane: +5% Move Speed.
Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus magic damage equal to 75% base AD + 50% AP . (1.5s Cooldown) Damage is reduced vs structures.
2950
Lich Bane TIPS: Adds extra burst to your damage output and mainly effective against squishy champions that have low magic resistance. Helps quickly takedown AD Carries, mages and assassins.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing
+150 Max Health
+70 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2500
Morellonomicon TIPS: Mage’s grievous wounds option for tackling enemy comps with heavy healing & sustain. Perfect against champions like Soraka, Dr. Mundo & Vladimir.
Lich Bane
Attacks deal bonus damage aster ability casts
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Bane: +5% Move Speed.
Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus magic damage equal to 75% base AD + 50% AP . (1.5s Cooldown) Damage is reduced vs structures.
2950
Lich Bane TIPS: Adds extra burst to your damage output and mainly effective against squishy champions that have low magic resistance. Helps quickly takedown AD Carries, mages and assassins.
Crystalline Reflector
Reduce physical damage and deals magic damage back
+200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Mirroed Force: Each ability cast grants a mirror shard that lasts 3 second(s). The shard blocks 8-25 incoming physical damage from enemy champions and deals magic damage equal to 10 + 3% AP + 1% bonus Health to them. Shard durations do not stack.
3000
Crystalline Reflector TIPS: A great item for a mage assassin, it will increase survivability against champions with a physical damage type. It also reflects physical damage back to the attacker as magical damage.
Lich Bane
Attacks deal bonus damage aster ability casts
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Bane: +5% Move Speed.
Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus magic damage equal to 75% base AD + 50% AP . (1.5s Cooldown) Damage is reduced vs structures.
2950
Lich Bane TIPS: Adds extra burst to your damage output and mainly effective against squishy champions that have low magic resistance. Helps quickly takedown AD Carries, mages and assassins.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding
+200 Max Health
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: If you're an mage-assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Barrier
Gain a shield that absorbs 120 (120–560 ) damage for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Electrocute
Burst Damage
Within 3 seconds, hit the same enemy champion with 3 basick attacks or abilities to cause additional adaptive damage to the target.
Damage value: 40-194 () + 40% extra + 25%
Cooldown: 20-13s ()
Sudden Impact
Bonus Damage
For 4 seconds after exiting stealth or using a dash, leap, blink, or teleport, damaging an enemy champion additionally deals 10-80 true damage.
Cooldown: 10s
Empowered Attack
Bonus Damage
Every 8 seconds, the next attack will be empowered, dealing 35-50 bonus adaptive damage () to anemy champions.
Eyeball Collector
Adaptive Force
Gains 1 or 2 after each unique enemy champion takedown, stacking up to 10 times.
At 10 stacks, gain bonus 10 or 20.
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Empowered Attack
Bonus Damage
Every 8 seconds, the next attack will be empowered, dealing 35-50 bonus adaptive damage () to anemy champions.
Cheap Shot
Bonus Damage
Deals 10-45 bonus true damage to enemies whose movement is impaired.
Cooldown: 7s
(Q) WINDS OF WAR
11.5/10/8.5/7s 75
Fires two windblast that deal 70 magic damage (70/115/160/205 + 75% ) and converge into a tornado.
The tornado deals magic damage equal to 8% (8 + 2% ) of target's maximum Health over 1.5 seconds.
(W) SHIELD OF DURAND
18/17/16/15s 50
Passive: Every 12 seconds, upon taking magic damage, Galio gains a shield that absorbs 46 magic damage (8/12/16/20% ) for 3.5 seconds.
Hold: Enters a defensive stance, slowing himself by 15% for up to 2 seconds. Takes 25% (25/30/35/40 + 5% + 8% ) reduced magic damage and 12.5% (12.5/15/17.5/20 + 2.5% + 4% ) reduced physical damage.
Release: Deals 40 magic damage (40/80/120/160 + 55% ) to nearby enemies and taunts them for 0.5-1.5 seconds, increased with hold time.
(E) JUSTICE PUNCH
10/9/8/7s 50
Dashes forward until he hits an enemy champion or terrain, dealing 90 magic damage (90/140/190/240 + 90% ) to enemies and knocking them up for 0.75 seconds.
Deals 50% damage to minions.
Dash range: 5,75.
(R) HERO'S ENTRANCE
90/80/70s 100
Grants Shield of Durand's passive shield for 5 seconds to all allied champions near the target and designates the position as his landing spot.
After 2.5 seconds Galio arrives at the location, dealing 150 magic damage (150/250/350 + 70% ) to nearby enemies and knocking them up for 0.75 seconds.
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Mid GALIO. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Mid GALIO in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage
+200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Magic Resistance
+45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken by 7-12% ().
1350
Spirit Visage
Increases healing and shielding received
+350 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+50 Magic Resistance
+20 Ability Haste
Blessed: Increases all healing, regen, drain effects and shields on yourself by 30%.
2800
Spirit Visage TIPS: It is a strong item to amplify in-build sustain (to increase healing and health regeneration). It's good against magic damage champions who deal sustained damage like Vladimir and Swain; against burst mages like Syndra and Veigar to survive their initial burst and heal up quickly.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed
+350 Max Health
+55 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%.
2750
Force of Nature TIPS: Tank item which is recommended in situations where: 1) enemy team has a lot of magic damage; 2) you need increased movement speed. Effective against champions like Syndra, Brand, etc.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield
+55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second.
3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage
+45% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
At Wit's End: Basic attacks deal 15-65 bonus magic damage. While below 50% Health, dealing damage to an enemy champion heals you for (Melee 100%/Range 33%) of this effect's post-mitigation damage.
2700
Wit's End TIPS: A good item to build if you want to deal sustained damage and have some defensive stats against magic damage threats. Most commonly bought on champions that can benefit from it’s on-hit damage like Vayne, Irelia or Master Yi.
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Executioner's Calling
Physical Damage reduces enemy healing
+15 Attack Damage
Rend: Physical Damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
800
Oblivion Orb
Magic damage reduces enemy healing
+30 Ability Power
Cursed: Magic damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
800
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing
+30 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
Last Whisper: +33% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: Must have item versus champions with a lot of healing such as Soraka, Yuumi, Dr. Mundo or Vladimir.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing
+250 Max Health
+45 Attack Damage
+15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: Strong item to build when facing enemy champions with high sustain like Mundo, Soraka and Yuumi who have significant healing abilities. It can also be useful against champions who rely on lifesteal like Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing
+150 Max Health
+70 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2500
Morellonomicon TIPS: Mage’s grievous wounds option for tackling enemy comps with heavy healing & sustain. Perfect against champions like Soraka, Dr. Mundo & Vladimir.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks
+425 Max Health
+25 Attack Damage
+25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage on-hit, with a minimum damage equal to 125% base AD and a maximum damage against monsters equal to 225% base AD.
If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health and a minimum heal equal to (90% melee / 50% ranged) base AD (1.5 second cooldown, begins after using the empowered attack).
Limitations: Limited to 1 sheen item.
3400
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage
+250 Max Health
+75 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 20 + 0.5%+ 0.4% of enemy's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds.
3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: Liandry's is good against tanks. Pick it up when the enemy consists of multiple tank champions.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage
+25 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Thirst:+10% Physical Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 9%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: Is a great source of sustain with it’s lifesteal but mostly picked for it’s ability to cut through tanks or champions who heavily stack health like Dr. Mundo.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown)
1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects.
800
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability
+250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown)
3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability
+60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+200 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.
3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.75 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Serpent's Fang
Anti-Shielding
+50 Attack Damage
+10 Ability Haste
Stab: +15 Armor Penetration.
Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3s. Melee champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%; while ranged champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Shield Reaver, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2800
Serpent's Fang TIPS: If you're an assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding
+200 Max Health
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: If you're an mage-assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Support Line GALIO. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Relic Shield
Kill minions to earn bonus gold
+100 Max Health
This item is for support players. When equipped, it will reduce the gold you receive from killing minions and monsters. If there are multiples of this item within the party, only one of them can take effect at any given time.
Spoils of War: Gains 1 charge(s) every 30 seconds (up to 3 times). Attacking enemy minions consumes 1 charge(s) and executes minions whose Health are below 65%, granting your teammates the entire bounty, while granting you 65 bonus gold and restoring your Health by 15-65.
While you will not participate in the resulting minion bounty sharing, you will personally receive gold equal to 50% of the bounty. Your share of the bounty from the minion kill will be entirely given to nearby teammates.
Also reduces monster bounties by 50%.
Deal 1 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer's Bloom.
Quest: Earn 750 gold with this item to transform it into Bulwark of the Mountain.
500
Bulwark of the Mountain
Kill minions to earn bonus gold
+175 Max Health
+10 Ability Haste
Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold and 1 stacks of soulforce (up to 10 stacks). Each stack of soulforce grants 25 Health, 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer's Bloom.
0
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces Physical Damage
+150 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Armor
+45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% ().
1350
Imperial Mandate
Crowd control grants additional ally damage
+200 Max Health
+40 Ability Power
+20 Ability Haste
Coordinated Fire: Abilities that Slow or Immobilize a champion deal 47-75 bonus magic damage and marks them for 4 seconds (6 seconds cooldown per enemy champion). Allied champion damage detonates the mark, dealing an additional 94-150 magic damage (based on ally level) and granting you both 20% Move Speed, for 2 seconds.
2500
Imperial Mandate TIPS: If you have an ability that slows or immobilizes a champion, you can give your allies some healing if they auto the enemy. Only pick up on champs with CC.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces Physical Damage
+150 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Armor
+45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% ().
1350
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage
+200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Magic Resistance
+45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken by 7-12% ().
1350
Magnetron Enchant
Aid allies and Taunt enemies
Magnetron (Active): Selects a minion or monster and rapidly dashes behind them. (50s Cooldown)
500
Gargoyle Enchant
Shield
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a shield that absorbs 28% of your max Health. The shield decays over 4 seconds. (60s Cooldown) Fore every enemy nearby, gain an additional shield that absorbs damage equal to 14% of max Health, capped at 3 shields. Damage dealt is reduced by 40% for 4 seconds. If the shield breaks early, damage reduction will end.
500
Bulwark of the Mountain
Kill minions to earn bonus gold
+175 Max Health
+10 Ability Haste
Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold and 1 stacks of soulforce (up to 10 stacks). Each stack of soulforce grants 25 Health, 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer's Bloom.
0
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces Physical Damage
+150 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Armor
+45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% ().
1350
Imperial Mandate
Crowd control grants additional ally damage
+200 Max Health
+40 Ability Power
+20 Ability Haste
Coordinated Fire: Abilities that Slow or Immobilize a champion deal 47-75 bonus magic damage and marks them for 4 seconds (6 seconds cooldown per enemy champion). Allied champion damage detonates the mark, dealing an additional 94-150 magic damage (based on ally level) and granting you both 20% Move Speed, for 2 seconds.
2500
Imperial Mandate TIPS: If you have an ability that slows or immobilizes a champion, you can give your allies some healing if they auto the enemy. Only pick up on champs with CC.
Warmog's Armor
Out of combat Heath Regen
+700 Max Health
+200% Health Regen
+10 Ability Haste
Warmog's Heart: If you have at least 950 bonus Health, restore 4.5% Health per second if you haven't taken damage within the last 6seconds.
2850
Warmog's Armor TIPS: It’s a good item when you need sustain and survivability in the late game. It’s effective against teams and champions who do not have burst damage and deal damage over time, like Singed or Swain.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed
+250 Max Health
+50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 50% for 1 second.
2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: Great for tanks and bruisers who need extra movement speed and durability. Also provides excellent burst especially in combination with spellblade items (e.g. Divine Sunderer).
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability
+60 Armor
+60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: The item increases your stamina during combat, in addition to high defensive characteristics, it reduces the slowdown effects imposed on you. It enjoys great popularity among bruisers and tanks.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed
+250 Max Health
+50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 50% for 1 second.
2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: Great for tanks and bruisers who need extra movement speed and durability. Also provides excellent burst especially in combination with spellblade items (e.g. Divine Sunderer).
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing
+200 Max Health
+75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an enemy champion's attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 2% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker and inflict 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 second(s).
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2700
Thornmail TIPS: Consider in the following situations: 1) when facing multiple auto-attack reliant champions on the enemy team, such as Tryndamere, Yasuo, and Jinx; 2) reduce the effectiveness of healing when playing against Soraka, Vladimir or Samira; 3) soak up damage.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed
+250 Max Health
+50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 50% for 1 second.
2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: Great for tanks and bruisers who need extra movement speed and durability. Also provides excellent burst especially in combination with spellblade items (e.g. Divine Sunderer).
Randuin's Omen
Attack to heal from enemy Critical Strikes
+400 Max Health
+75 Armor
Countercurrent: When you are Critically Struck or take physical damage, gain 1 stack of Countercurrent. Each stack of Countercurrent grants 5% Critical Strike damage reduction. Stacks up to 4 times. Upon reaching full stacks, grants 20% bonus Movement Speed and slow resist equal to 20% plus 0.5% of bonus Health.
2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: Pick the item if enemy team has a lot of physical damage, you need increased armor and you want to get an additional bonus to movement speed and resistance to slowdowns.. Effective against champions who deal consistent crit based damage like Jinx, Yasuo or Tryndamere.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed
+250 Max Health
+50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 50% for 1 second.
2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: Great for tanks and bruisers who need extra movement speed and durability. Also provides excellent burst especially in combination with spellblade items (e.g. Divine Sunderer).
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed
+80 Armor
+200 Max Mana
+25 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks.
2700
Frozen Heart TIPS: Recommended whenever you need to increase mana usage; reduce enemy attack speed. It's effective against AD champions who rely on basic attacks (Jinx, Tristana, Vayne) or use their abilities frequently (Yasuo, Riven, Zed).
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Heal
Restore 110 Health (110–400 ) to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion, and grants both of you 30% bonus Movement Speed for 2 second(s).
Healing is halved for champions recently affected by Heal.
Cooldown: 100s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Aftershock
Control, Offense
After immobilizing an enemy champion, gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Defenses: 35 + 80% bonus and 35 + 80% bonus for 2.5s.
Damage: 25~125 () + 3% max, magic damage.
Cooldown: 20s
Courage of the Colossus
Shield
Gains a shield that absorbs up to 25-45 () + 1% of max Health for 3s when immobilizing an enemy champion.
Cooldown: 10s
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Overgrowth
Bonus HP
When 2 minions or 1 monsters are killed nearby, permanently gains 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains a bonus 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Hextech Flashtraption
Dash
Replaces this item with Hexflash while Flash is still on cooldown. You can blink to a new location after channeling for 2s. When channeled for less than 1s, you will dash the distance as if you channeled for 1s.
Cooldown: 25s
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Second Wind
Heal after taking damage
Gain 5 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 6 + (2% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Overgrowth
Bonus HP
When 2 minions or 1 monsters are killed nearby, permanently gains 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains a bonus 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Perseverance
Armor and Magic Resistance, Tenacity
Gain 10% Tenacity. When immobilized, gain 16-30 Armor and Magic Resistance () for 1.5 seconds. Refresh duration time when immobilized multiple times.
Aftershock
Control, Offense
After immobilizing an enemy champion, gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Defenses: 35 + 80% bonus and 35 + 80% bonus for 2.5s.
Damage: 25~125 () + 3% max, magic damage.
Cooldown: 20s
Glacial Augment
Applies Slow
Landing an attack on an enemy champion reduces their Movement Speed by 20% for 1.5s. This effect only affects each champion up to a maximum of 1 time(s) within 10s. Immobilizing an enemy champion triggers 3 glacial rays that radiate toward you, creating a frozen region that lasts for 3s. The region slows enemies within it by (1.5% of your bonus Health + 20%). and reduces the damage that they deal by 12%. The slow effect will persist for 1.5s even after they leave the frozen region.
Cooldown: 20s
(Q) WINDS OF WAR
11.5/10/8.5/7s 75
Fires two windblast that deal 70 magic damage (70/115/160/205 + 75% ) and converge into a tornado.
The tornado deals magic damage equal to 8% (8 + 2% ) of target's maximum Health over 1.5 seconds.
(W) SHIELD OF DURAND
18/17/16/15s 50
Passive: Every 12 seconds, upon taking magic damage, Galio gains a shield that absorbs 46 magic damage (8/12/16/20% ) for 3.5 seconds.
Hold: Enters a defensive stance, slowing himself by 15% for up to 2 seconds. Takes 25% (25/30/35/40 + 5% + 8% ) reduced magic damage and 12.5% (12.5/15/17.5/20 + 2.5% + 4% ) reduced physical damage.
Release: Deals 40 magic damage (40/80/120/160 + 55% ) to nearby enemies and taunts them for 0.5-1.5 seconds, increased with hold time.
(E) JUSTICE PUNCH
10/9/8/7s 50
Dashes forward until he hits an enemy champion or terrain, dealing 90 magic damage (90/140/190/240 + 90% ) to enemies and knocking them up for 0.75 seconds.
Deals 50% damage to minions.
Dash range: 5,75.
(R) HERO'S ENTRANCE
90/80/70s 100
Grants Shield of Durand's passive shield for 5 seconds to all allied champions near the target and designates the position as his landing spot.
After 2.5 seconds Galio arrives at the location, dealing 150 magic damage (150/250/350 + 70% ) to nearby enemies and knocking them up for 0.75 seconds.
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Support GALIO. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Support GALIO in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage
+200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Magic Resistance
+45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken by 7-12% ().
1350
Spirit Visage
Increases healing and shielding received
+350 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+50 Magic Resistance
+20 Ability Haste
Blessed: Increases all healing, regen, drain effects and shields on yourself by 30%.
2800
Spirit Visage TIPS: It is a strong item to amplify in-build sustain (to increase healing and health regeneration). It's good against magic damage champions who deal sustained damage like Vladimir and Swain; against burst mages like Syndra and Veigar to survive their initial burst and heal up quickly.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed
+350 Max Health
+55 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%.
2750
Force of Nature TIPS: Tank item which is recommended in situations where: 1) enemy team has a lot of magic damage; 2) you need increased movement speed. Effective against champions like Syndra, Brand, etc.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield
+55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second.
3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage
+45% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
At Wit's End: Basic attacks deal 15-65 bonus magic damage. While below 50% Health, dealing damage to an enemy champion heals you for (Melee 100%/Range 33%) of this effect's post-mitigation damage.
2700
Wit's End TIPS: A good item to build if you want to deal sustained damage and have some defensive stats against magic damage threats. Most commonly bought on champions that can benefit from it’s on-hit damage like Vayne, Irelia or Master Yi.
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Executioner's Calling
Physical Damage reduces enemy healing
+15 Attack Damage
Rend: Physical Damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
800
Oblivion Orb
Magic damage reduces enemy healing
+30 Ability Power
Cursed: Magic damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
800
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing
+30 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
Last Whisper: +33% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: Must have item versus champions with a lot of healing such as Soraka, Yuumi, Dr. Mundo or Vladimir.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing
+250 Max Health
+45 Attack Damage
+15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: Strong item to build when facing enemy champions with high sustain like Mundo, Soraka and Yuumi who have significant healing abilities. It can also be useful against champions who rely on lifesteal like Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing
+150 Max Health
+70 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2500
Morellonomicon TIPS: Mage’s grievous wounds option for tackling enemy comps with heavy healing & sustain. Perfect against champions like Soraka, Dr. Mundo & Vladimir.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks
+425 Max Health
+25 Attack Damage
+25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage on-hit, with a minimum damage equal to 125% base AD and a maximum damage against monsters equal to 225% base AD.
If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health and a minimum heal equal to (90% melee / 50% ranged) base AD (1.5 second cooldown, begins after using the empowered attack).
Limitations: Limited to 1 sheen item.
3400
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage
+250 Max Health
+75 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 20 + 0.5%+ 0.4% of enemy's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds.
3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: Liandry's is good against tanks. Pick it up when the enemy consists of multiple tank champions.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage
+25 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Thirst:+10% Physical Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 9%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: Is a great source of sustain with it’s lifesteal but mostly picked for it’s ability to cut through tanks or champions who heavily stack health like Dr. Mundo.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown)
1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects.
800
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability
+250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown)
3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability
+60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+200 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.
3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.75 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Serpent's Fang
Anti-Shielding
+50 Attack Damage
+10 Ability Haste
Stab: +15 Armor Penetration.
Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3s. Melee champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%; while ranged champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Shield Reaver, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2800
Serpent's Fang TIPS: If you're an assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding
+200 Max Health
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: If you're an mage-assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
11.5/10/8.5/7s 75
Fires two windblast that deal 70 magic damage (70/115/160/205 + 75% ) and converge into a tornado.
The tornado deals magic damage equal to 8% (8 + 2% ) of target's maximum Health over 1.5 seconds.
18/17/16/15s 50
Passive: Every 12 seconds, upon taking magic damage, Galio gains a shield that absorbs 46 magic damage (8/12/16/20% ) for 3.5 seconds.
Hold: Enters a defensive stance, slowing himself by 15% for up to 2 seconds. Takes 25% (25/30/35/40 + 5% + 8% ) reduced magic damage and 12.5% (12.5/15/17.5/20 + 2.5% + 4% ) reduced physical damage.
Release: Deals 40 magic damage (40/80/120/160 + 55% ) to nearby enemies and taunts them for 0.5-1.5 seconds, increased with hold time.
10/9/8/7s 50
Dashes forward until he hits an enemy champion or terrain, dealing 90 magic damage (90/140/190/240 + 90% ) to enemies and knocking them up for 0.75 seconds.
Deals 50% damage to minions.
Dash range: 5,75.
90/80/70s 100
Grants Shield of Durand's passive shield for 5 seconds to all allied champions near the target and designates the position as his landing spot.
After 2.5 seconds Galio arrives at the location, dealing 150 magic damage (150/250/350 + 70% ) to nearby enemies and knocking them up for 0.75 seconds.
Use this combo to enter a teamfight from long range and maximize your CC on multiple targets.
(R) HERO'S ENTRANCE onto an ally that is nearby a group of enemies, buffer your (W) SHIELD OF DURAND so it starts channeling as soon as you land. Reposition yourself to taunt multiple enemies. Use (Q) WINDS OF WAR onto as many enemies as possible, then (E) JUSTICE PUNCH the highest priority target. Finish with your empowered AA to burst them down.
Outside the gleaming city of Demacia, the stone colossus Galio keeps vigilant watch. Built as a bulwark against enemy mages, he often stands motionless for decades until the presence of powerful magic stirs him to life. Once activated, Galio makes the most of his time, savoring the thrill of a fight and the rare honor of defending his countrymen. But his triumphs are always bittersweet, for the magic he destroys is also his source of reanimation, and each victory leaves him dormant once again.