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Recommended Items
Spells:
Smite
Flash
Items
Ability Order
Colossal Smash (PASSIVE)
Galio Passive Ability
Introduction

As you probably know,



The guide is crafted for rather experienced players and doesn't contain much details because I am not really deep into such stuff, but let's take a closer look at this crazy idea.
Thanks to Searz and JhoiJhoi for the guides in making guides. You can check those here:
PROS
- Surprisingly decent clearance speed (compared to e.g.
Nautilus)
Bulwark makes jungling easy
- Nice ganks after lvl 6 with ulti
Idol of Durand
- Good chasing possibilities with his
Resolute Smite (slow),
Righteous Gust (AoE movement speed boost for allies) and
Idol of Durand (AoE taunt)
- Pretty much supportive because of the above
Bulwark helps you in duels and teamfights, matches well our lifesteal-based build
- Good pusher from mid game
- You can gain respect for breaking the meta ;)
CONS
- Weak early ganks
- You cannot give away second
crest of the ancient golem (blue buff), because you need it
- Damn long cooldown for ulti
Idol of Durand
- No attack speed steroids
- No AD scaling abilities
- No dash utility for gap closing or viable escape
- Your spells turn into utility-only
Offense





Defense







Utility
Perhaps the most important tree for jungler.









Runes
9x




As for runes, the choice is simple. Go full flat AD. Without it you won't be able to clear the jungle in any reasonable time or add anything but utility to your ganks. Your safety will be granted by

Alternative
3x

If you want to make yourself even faster (which is a good thing for melee champions), you can also try movement speed quints. That's a nice idea because

You can also try attack speed runes.
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![]() FLASH This spell will allow you go through any kind of walls, as ![]() ![]() ![]() |
There isn't really any alternative. You can try



RESOLUTE SMITE
Our Q. Best friend of a ganker! This spell will slow down the enemy by from 24 to 40% of his movement speed. Great for initiation, also helpful in escape. We max it second.

BULWARK



RIGHTEOUS GUST
Full utility spell, because the damage from it is rather unsignificant. Although,


IDOL OF DURAND


Alternative
You might want to max











Item Sequence






Health Potion
50

Health Potion
50

Health Potion
50

Wriggle's Lantern
1800

Boots
300

Tiamat
1200

Berserker's Greaves
1100

Enchantment: Alacrity
450

Ravenous Hydra
3300

Phage
1100

Trinity Force
3333

Vampiric Scepter
900

Bloodthirster
3400

Negatron Cloak
850

Mercurial Scimitar
3200
Like any other jungler, we start with





After that, your priority is







Next -







I recommend



Alternative
If you want to give away your damage in favor of becoming the team (off)tank, replace








You start the game of course from taking down
ancient golem for the blue buff. If you won't get good help at blue, skip the wight and go for wolves camp. But if you killed the
ancient golem smiteless, smite the wight, then wolves. Next stop is of course
lizard elder, the keeper of red buff.
When you get 3rd level you can make your first gank. Pick the lane wisely!
Galio does not have viable crowd control abilities or noticeable chunk of damage at this point. For successful gank would be best to help the laner with early reliable CC, like snare or stun. For solo lanes would be great if the laner could deal also early burst. Good examples are
Pantheon,
Darius,
Lux. As for bottom ganks - CC is supports job, so let this
Blitzcrank,
Thresh,
Taric,
Nami or
Janna initiate it, then jump in.
Your role in this first gank is to slow down the opponent with your Q (
Resolute Smite), smack his face with your basic attack fist punch, then cast E (
Righteous Gust) for the chase (possibly punching enemies and casting W (
Bulwark) to shield yourself or the teammate). If your allied laners did not fall asleep, you might kill the enemy, but if not, that's not a big deal. Your real ganking utility will come after 6th lvl.
Right after you will get the ultimate,
Idol of Durand, your next gank has much higher chances of succeeding. The combo is
Flash, then R, so don't hestitate to use it. That's 2 seconds of AoE taunt, bonus points for catching the opponent under your turret (taunt will make him catch turret's attention). Then the scheme is the same: Q (
Resolute Smite) and E (
Righteous Gust). The only drawback of your awesome ulti is its long cooldown, so make sure you don't waste it. Communicate with teammates so they can attack in time!
After the laning phase, you have to maintain the balance of farming in both jungle and lanes, and helping your teammates.
Wriggle's Lantern = more money from jungle. Remember, that
Galio is very supportive champ, so let others benefit from your utility.
Righteous Gust might secure many escapes,
Bulwark turns that squishy carry into unbeatable killing machine for few seconds.
Idol of Durand combined with
Flash has countless applications, from taking down their carry to rescuing yours, when he gets focused.
Don't be afraid of initiating teamfights (well, maybe not vs all 5 of enemies).
Bulwark will make you tanky enough to act like a real bruiser and lifesteal sustain won't allow them to take you down easily.
Push lanes, take down turrets. You have this
Ravenous Hydra for a reason, right? Combine it with
Resolute Smite to exterminate minions in no-time. More farm means higher lvl, more gold, more items. Pushed lanes mean turrets exposed for attack. Less enemy turrets mean your team being closer to their inhibitors, then their nexus - winning the game!



When you get 3rd level you can make your first gank. Pick the lane wisely!









Your role in this first gank is to slow down the opponent with your Q (



Right after you will get the ultimate,




After the laning phase, you have to maintain the balance of farming in both jungle and lanes, and helping your teammates.






Don't be afraid of initiating teamfights (well, maybe not vs all 5 of enemies).

Push lanes, take down turrets. You have this


Why not
Mercurial Scimitar,
Maw of Malmortius,
Wit's End? They would make Galio hybrid!
That's true, those items would make







In this chapter I will try to answer to any wise questions concerning this guide.
Well, that's it for my guide. Perhaps playing AD
Galio is not a best idea for ranked games, but is a fun, alternative way to play this champion. If you have any question related to the guide, feel free to ask them.
Have fun breaking the meta!

Have fun breaking the meta!
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