Galio Build Guide by Lazukin

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Galio, Not Just A Tank (Full Guide)

Lazukin Last updated on May 31, 2012
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by wRAthoFVuLK » March 24, 2011 2:45am | Report

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This is pretty good, I was actually just mentioning that we need more Galio guides. But what exactly are you building the last item into? o-o

as for images and coding:

To add images and pictures to your guide, you need to know BBCode. The whole site works off BBCode.

To, for instance, put in a thumbnail of Renekton, you would type:

(icon=Renekton size=25)

and, replacing the ( ) with [ ],

yields:

this works with every item, ability, rune, and champion in the game. Different sizes change the size of the thumbnail, for instance, Renekton but size=50 would yield



and so on.

you can also do ((Renekton)) (replacing parentheses with brackets of course) to yield
Renekton, this works with anything in the database (items, champs, spells, etc), and this will yield the same image size and text, both providing info when hovered over.

read this to learn more about BBCode: http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/forum/mobafire-support/bbcode-guide-783

I hope I helped, feel free to ask any more questions :) And good guide, keep making them! =D

-wRAth



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by Lazukin » March 24, 2011 3:12am | Report


This is pretty good, I was actually just mentioning that we need more Galio guides. But what exactly are you building the last item into? o-o

as for images and coding:

To add images and pictures to your guide, you need to know BBCode. The whole site works off BBCode.

To, for instance, put in a thumbnail of Renekton, you would type:

(icon=Renekton size=25)

and, replacing the ( ) with [ ],

yields:

this works with every item, ability, rune, and champion in the game. Different sizes change the size of the thumbnail, for instance, Renekton but size=50 would yield



and so on.

you can also do ((Renekton)) (replacing parentheses with brackets of course) to yield
Renekton, this works with anything in the database (items, champs, spells, etc), and this will yield the same image size and text, both providing info when hovered over.

read this to learn more about BBCode: http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/forum/mobafire-support/bbcode-guide-783

I hope I helped, feel free to ask any more questions :) And good guide, keep making them! =D

-wRAth



Oops, didn't complete my last item, I'll get on that XD.

Thank you VERY much for the help. I'll do some quick fixes now and get the pictures etc done tomorrow.




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by wRAthoFVuLK » March 24, 2011 3:13am | Report

sure thing, glad I could help :)



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by ShadowReign757 » March 24, 2011 3:05pm | Report

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Nice build. I think wRAth has ESP or something.

But this site was due for a new Galio build, and this is pretty nice.

I do agree that some pictures are in order, and I know you're working in that. Can't wait to see it when it's done.


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by alllen » March 24, 2011 3:25pm | Report

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Been playing him since he was free and he's really fun. I tried a build similar to this and kept getting owned by a Master Yi so it's best to always have a list of optional items here. I was forced to buy a Thornmail but I probably should have gotten a Randuin's Omen (for it's passive and active of slowing move/attack speed) as well.

GREAT build against heavy ap team though.

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by Shafik69 » March 25, 2011 4:00pm | Report

First and foremost, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to write a guide on a character you admit you're still relatively new to, I dislike how people immediately vote down without at least providing some critique or even trying the build.

That being said, I actually tried this build with the same rune setup and there are a few things that could be done to improve the build. First and foremost, before I jump into the gameplay and the skill sequence, I'd actually like to talk about the Rune Setup.
I completely agree with your Greater Marks (MagicPen) and Greater Glyphs (MagicRes/lvl), but its the Seals I feel like they could be changed - as seals the MagicRes/lvl doesn't give a viable/decent amount of Magic Resistance at all late game, though I have found that Mana Regen Seals (either /lvl or flat ones) seem to provide a greater overall benefit to the build - but that's just my two cents.

Also, for the skill sequence, I noticed you focused on maxing out your gust before your smite, while I can see it working with how people would choose to play Galio, I feel that it would be more beneficial to either start off with your W (if laning with a squishy) or with your Q to provide some harassing ability in a lane, since it does more damage in comparison to the Gust. But that's my personal opinion.

Now for Items, there are a few things I think you could improve on greatly. I'm a huge fan of getting Banshee's/FoN and Abyssal as you provided, but I feel like you have to provide alternate solutions due to the fact that Galio has very little defense in against most physical dps (besides your W skill), items such as Aegis of the Legion or Guardian Angel provide both Armor and Magic Resistance giving you a more balanced defense over any team. Heck I even think getting Zhonya's as a possible heavy AD team might be a good bet (though it is very situatitonal).

Well that's all I have for now, my minds kinda pooped, but overall nice build ^_^

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by jhoijhoi » March 25, 2011 5:40pm | Report

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Interesting build, I didn't realise Galio's passive was so insane!

Build needs some icons and tooltips. Really easy to do, even easier than the reviewers above me supplied. You've already done half the work, now add " " to the beginning of every champion name and "" to the end of said name.

So, champion's name.

Creates an immediate icon, and puts the name of the champion after it.

So, Galio.

+1 for me, but would love to see some images/icons to brighten the page up :)

- jhoijhoi




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by Lazukin » March 25, 2011 7:18pm | Report

Shafik69 wrote:

First and foremost, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to write a guide on a character you admit you're still relatively new to, I dislike how people immediately vote down without at least providing some critique or even trying the build.

That being said, I actually tried this build with the same rune setup and there are a few things that could be done to improve the build. First and foremost, before I jump into the gameplay and the skill sequence, I'd actually like to talk about the Rune Setup.
I completely agree with your Greater Marks (MagicPen) and Greater Glyphs (MagicRes/lvl), but its the Seals I feel like they could be changed - as seals the MagicRes/lvl doesn't give a viable/decent amount of Magic Resistance at all late game, though I have found that Mana Regen Seals (either /lvl or flat ones) seem to provide a greater overall benefit to the build - but that's just my two cents.

Also, for the skill sequence, I noticed you focused on maxing out your gust before your smite, while I can see it working with how people would choose to play Galio, I feel that it would be more beneficial to either start off with your W (if laning with a squishy) or with your Q to provide some harassing ability in a lane, since it does more damage in comparison to the Gust. But that's my personal opinion.

Now for Items, there are a few things I think you could improve on greatly. I'm a huge fan of getting Banshee's/FoN and Abyssal as you provided, but I feel like you have to provide alternate solutions due to the fact that Galio has very little defense in against most physical dps (besides your W skill), items such as Aegis of the Legion or Guardian Angel provide both Armor and Magic Resistance giving you a more balanced defense over any team. Heck I even think getting Zhonya's as a possible heavy AD team might be a good bet (though it is very situatitonal).

Well that's all I have for now, my minds kinda pooped, but overall nice build ^_^



Thanks for the suggestions. I for some odd reason have this irrational hatred of Aegis of the Legion. It's just... Such a bad item in my opinion, and I can't exactly place why. I've had success leveling Q first, so I'm going to change all that in a minute. As for armor, Thornmail/Frozen Heart are the two main things I consider, but I'll test a bit and try to find some more today. I'm adding Guardian Angel and Zhonya's Hourglass to the list, as they're both sure to provide some good (and annoying) survivability.


@Joi, Thanks! I'll start adding tooltips right now. I don't know exactly what you mean by icons though. .-.




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by VoiD » March 26, 2011 9:31pm | Report

Hmm, no vote for me yet. Just because Magic resist benefits from your passive doesnt mean you shouldnt get any armor. Your ultimate TAUNTS the enemies, which means they AUTO ATTACK you, which does physical damage. I would get heart of gold early game and upgrade them to randuin's rater on.


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by Lazukin » March 27, 2011 2:30am | Report

VoiD wrote:

Hmm, no vote for me yet. Just because Magic resist benefits from your passive doesnt mean you shouldnt get any armor. Your ultimate TAUNTS the enemies, which means they AUTO ATTACK you, which does physical damage. I would get heart of gold early game and upgrade them to randuin's rater on.


Please notice that this is an antimagic build. At the beginning, I specified that I only use this against a team with mostly magic damage. Never follow a build directly, as in most games, you have to change something to fit the situation you're in. Also, your W gives you an additional 90 armor, and I always use it before my ultimate, giving me around 175 armor, which I think is enough.

EDIT: Also, take a look at the optional items section. No Randuin's Omen, but it's got a few things for anti AD. I've never found Randuin's useful, as I forget to use the active ability. Am I alone there or do most people forget to use it? Lol.

EDIT 2: I did add Randuin's Omen to the optional items, as I guess most people are probably more used to using actives than me, and its other bonuses are still good.

EDIT 3: Ok, I should really stop editing, but I did want to point out that during your taunt you get a 30% damage reduction on top of your armor, equalling out at over 80% reduction. You are essentially invincible to magic damage at this time as well :3




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