i think at end game you should sell the chalice of harmony for another force of nature, may be another alternative route, otherwise, really nice :)

He is the best man Galio <3

I don't get it. You have the title as 'stone cold tank' yet you start off with the pendant when the mr would benefit you more. You are specced in utility? Seems to me as though the title contradicts the build.

The bonus dmg from his ult is based on the amount of hits he takes. not the dmg that is done to him. you gain +10% for every hit you take. and yes a max of 80%.



And yes the items are completely situational after agies. Most of the time I will go with GA. If its a caster heavy team then I go FON next. If its a mele heavy team I will go with thornmail or Sunfire next. I prefer Thornmail though. And after I get one of those items go with the GA.

I would say this build works well because of a few things.
1) The diversity in items and team support
2) Because you have to understand the situation to know you may be getting GA before(if at all) FoN.
3) The success of each player will depend on mastery and rune combination.
While diversity of opponents is key, this is very similar to the EU meta poking game and not just mass team fights. This is a much stronger team build than massive, continuous, and expensive team fights.
(I am referencing the WCG competition in poking vs. massive team fights and how it differed)

Also, yours is the first build that I've seen that actually builds him tanky. I see all these MR/AP Dmg builds...Galio's a tank and should be played like one. +1 to that :)

I would like to point out that using Bulwark during his ult is somewhat counter productive, yes you get healed, but you are also nerfing the damage coming in, because you hit for X amount + 80% (I think it was 80% haven't played Galio in a while =P) of the damage taken, so by using Bulwark you're nerfing that 80% quit a bit.

But it's all situational I guess, if you need the health Bulwark it up and heal and do some decent damage, but if you have the health to tank all of it go in there and wreck stuff.

Anyways...sorry, got off topic. Good build I liked it a lot. I was wondering if Randiuen's Omen was viable on him too? Mainly because I'm not a big fan of Ageis of the Legion, would it be Viable to swap Omen for that or something? I do understand he's magic and all, but the +90 armor couldn't hurt :) Especially when tanking through your ult. Thoughts? Again Good build, liked it and it was very effective in a game :D

I very much dislike exhaust on this champion, it seems useless because you have your Q that slows and your E that speeds allies to catch the enemy.

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I dont understand why you have so many mixed Runes and glyphs.. FoN and Thornmail need to be optional based on the enemy team. No explanation. Very bad Description and lay out of the build. Your skill choices are some what lack luster as a shield even at lvl 2 isnt very much health back and would be better spent on getting some burst dmg with RG. I dont think Flash outweighs ghost with this champ especially since Ghost, and RG stack.

Spirit Visage?

If I was going for a carry or dmg build yes i would agree with you. But I play him as a tank so that's why I don't have any strait AP gear.

Ok, since mobafire put in base stats his health is not that low. When he becomes free I will definitely try out this build first. And I will let you know what I think.