NERFPLZ.LOL
Galio champion portrait

Galio Build

Support Tier 3

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 11,658 gamesUpdated

50.3%win rate0.5%pick1.8%ban

Who counters Galio

Every Support matchup for Galio, ranked →

How to build Galio

Plated Steelcaps→Locket of the Iron Solari→Thornmail→Frozen Heart

Plated Steelcaps → Locket of the Iron Solari → Thornmail → Frozen Heart

52.4% win rate 10% of games 468 games
RunesResolveAftershockShield BashBone PlatingUnflinchingSorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence44% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite54%
Skills
123456789101112131415161718
Winds of War
214151718
Shield of Durand
14578
Justice Punch
39101213
Hero's Entrance
61116
StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Galio build →

Best ADCs for Galio

Who Galio has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Worst ADCs for Galio

Who Galio has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

50.3%win rate
Patch 26.20: 49.9% over 27,578 gamesPatch 26.21: 50.3% over 11,658 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
50.0%at Emerald+
0.5%pick rate
1.8%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
48.5%under 22 min
51.1%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Galio champion portraitS Galio+Sivir champion portraitB SivirvsAlistar champion portraitS Alistar+Aphelios champion portraitB Aphelios
2 / 4 / 16

Build

Celestial OppositionPlated Steelcaps|Locket of the Iron Solari→Randuin's Omen

Spells & runes

ExhaustFlash|

Skills

EWQQWRWWWEREE
Loss 15–20m
MASTER+
Galio champion portraitS Galio+Miss Fortune champion portraitB Miss FortunevsZed champion portraitS Zed+Ezreal champion portraitB Ezreal
0 / 8 / 2

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeBoots|Imperial Mandate

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

WEQEERE
Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Galio champion portraitS Galio+Draven champion portraitB DravenvsSeraphine champion portraitS Seraphine+Jhin champion portraitB Jhin
1 / 5 / 19

Build

Celestial OppositionMercury's Treads|Locket of the Iron Solari→Thornmail

Spells & runes

FlashExhaust|

Skills

WQEWWRWEWEREEQ

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 50.0% win rate · 44% of games · 4,344 games
ResolveAftershockShield BashBone PlatingUnflinching
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 50.7% win rate · 13% of games · 1,258 games
ResolveAftershockShield BashSecond WindOvergrowth
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite54%49.4%6,506 games
  • FlashHealFlash + Heal25%51.9%3,003 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Plated Steelcaps47%Mercury's Treads37%Boots of Swiftness8%
Plated Steelcaps most often · 49.2% win rate
Support item
Celestial Opposition58%Solstice Sleigh30%Zaz'Zak's Realmspike11%
Celestial Opposition most often · 50.0% win rate

Galio build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Locket of the Iron Solari1st
  2. Thornmail2nd
  3. Frozen Heart3rd
6% of games that reach a third item take this path53.3% win rate261 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Galio →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 11,812 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
46% · 49.6% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
36% · 52.8% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
7% · 54.0% win rate
BootsBoots
3% · 37.0% win rate
Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
3% · 49.1% win rate
Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
3% · 52.3% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Locket of the Iron Solari+Plated Steelcaps4% of games · 39.1% win rate · 527 games
  2. Locket of the Iron Solari›Thornmail+Plated Steelcaps4% of games · 44.3% win rate · 467 games
  3. Locket of the Iron Solari›Imperial Mandate+Plated Steelcaps4% of games · 49.9% win rate · 417 games
  4. Locket of the Iron Solari+Mercury's Treads3% of games · 41.4% win rate · 379 games
  5. Locket of the Iron Solari›Imperial Mandate+Mercury's Treads2% of games · 53.7% win rate · 287 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Galio against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Galio's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst ADCs are ranked the same way, against Galio's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

Read More About Galio