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

I'm no pro here, but I've played support

Pros
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Cons
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Offense
- 0 points: We will be running Utility and Defensive masteries.
Defense
- 2 points
Block : This will help us survive longer in the lane as it will reduce enemies basic attack damage.
- 2 points
Enchanted Armor : We will build resistances so the bonus armor and magic resist will be useful.
- 1 point
Unyielding : We are a melee champion so we can benefit more from this mastery.
- 3 points
Veteran Scars : The extra 36 HP will help us survive longer in the lane.
- 1 point
Juggernaut : We will also build lots of health so this mastery comes in handy.
- 1 point
Oppression :
Resolute Smite and
Idol of Durand make enemies movement impaired so you will recieve less damage.
- 3 points
Hardiness : 5 extra armor will help us resist more the enemy ADC basic attacks.
- 3 points
Perseverance : This will increase our health regen in the game.
- 1 point
Swiftness : Will reduce the effectiveness of enemy slows to position better.
- 1 point
Reinforced Armor : Will reduce critical strike damages from the enemy ADC or currently popular AD mid assasins.
- 1 point
Second Wind: Will amplify our health regen and
Bulwark healing effects at low HP.
- 1 point
Legendary Guardian : In the best case scenario, during teamfights we will gain 10 extra armor and 5 magic resist, and Galio's
Runic Skin will give you an extra INSANE 2.5 ability power.
Utility
- 3 points
Meditation :
Galio is mana hungry, so this early mana regen is useful.
- 2 points
Fleet of Foot: Gives us a nice movement speed bonus for quick warding or positioning.
- 3 points
Summoner's Insight : This allows us to use both
Exhaust against enemies and
Flash for teamfight positioning more often.
- 1 point
Strength of Spirit : This will increase our health regen with extra mana.
- x3
Greater Quintessence of Ability Power: We will start of with an extra 15 AP, this will make our poke with
Resolute Smite stronger.
- x6
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration: Galio's main damage comes from magic damage, so having magic penetration helps our damage be more efficient.
- x3 greater mark of hybrid penetration: We need magic penetration as we just mentioned, but we will throw in a couple of autoattacks every now and then so the armor penetration does not hurt.
- x6
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: We need magic resistance, the enemy support will probably deal some magic so with this we can survive longer, we also need it for the late game so make sure you take at least some. Remember
Runic Skin will also grant you some ability power.
- x3
Greater Glyph of Armor: A bit of armor to resist the early exposure to physical damage from the enemy ADC.
- x9
Greater Seal of Armor: Must have, will help you survive longer in the game overall, besides AD mid assasin are popular in season 4 so having armor is really good
Support
Galio has many different item options, below I'll list some items that work good with the gargoyle. Items with an * are my preffered ones.
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Frost Queen's Claim: Your main income comes from this item, gives you passive gold and gold each time you hit an enemy champion. Since all of your abilities have AoE damage, hitting multiple enemies will trigger the passive multiple times, making the best out of it. Will give you a nice 50 AP boost for your abilities to get stronger and mana regen so you can use them regularly without going oom too soon. Besides if you land it's active it helps you to land
Resolute Smite easier or position for
Idol of Durand
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Sightstone: For obvious reasons, you need this, the team needs that vision on the map and there is no better item than this. Upgrade to
Ruby Sightstone in late game for some extra health.
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Mercury's Treads: You need the 45 movement speed bonus, it also gives you 25 MR which makes
Runic Skin give you an extra 12.5 ability power, AMAZING I know, and the passive tenacity it gives you makes you less susceptible to CC.
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Rod of Ages: This item is great, gives you 80 ability power, 650 mana which doesn't hurt because
Galio is pretty mana hungry, and the 600 health makes you tankier which is nice. {This stats are when fully stacked, 20 mins after the item is purchased)
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Spirit Visage: Gives you an extra 10% CDR which is good to use your abilities more often, 400 health makes you tankier, 20 health regen which combined with your masteries gives you a really high health regen, and with it's 55 MR
Runic Skin will give you an additional 27.5 ability power. Besides, it's passive will amplify your
Bulwark healing capacity and your health regen from the masteries you picked by 20%.
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Zhonya's Hourglass: Gives you 50 armor which you are lacking with this build and the 120 ability power it gives you makes all your abilities stronger, plus it's passive makes you untargetable for a few seconds, which you can use after
Idol of Durand has finished it's taunt duration.
Is your team lacking damage? Help out with these items:
Rabadon's Deathcap: Gives you 120 ability power plus an extra 30%, it is a really good item, what people might not consider is that
Bulwark scales with ability power, so more ability power = more healing from
Bulwark. Basically, ability power also makes you tankier in a way.
Abyssal Mask: This item is great for
Galio gives you MR and AP, and
Runic Skin gives you extra AP. It's passive works perfectly with
Idol of Durand.
Liandry's Torment:
Resolute Smite will trigger liandrys passive with double damage, can deal some serious damage to enemy tanks.
Is the enemy team AD heavy? Here are some good armor-giving items for
Galio
Iceborn Gauntlet: Mana, 10% CDR, some AP, and decent armor. It's passive will make your autoattacks more useful as they will slow down enemies with an AoE.
Thornmail: Makes you really tanky against physical damage, besides it works well with
Idol of Durand as it will force enemies to attack you for a few seconds.
This are ideas I came up with and there are many more examples, remember this options are not ABSOLUTE, keep in mind certain items benefit you more in certain situations.

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Is your team lacking damage? Help out with these items:









Is the enemy team AD heavy? Here are some good armor-giving items for




This are ideas I came up with and there are many more examples, remember this options are not ABSOLUTE, keep in mind certain items benefit you more in certain situations.



When the enemy ADC/Support begin a trade or all-in, be sure to use


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoDLNG2qPE&index=1&list=UU3CtTXNFJd95m_I92WPetOA
(TIP: watch your minions health, when you feel the enemy ADC is going to stop moving in order to last hit it, that's the perfect time to use

In this video


That would be awesome wouldn't it?
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