Talk:Galio/@comment-1330314-20170308081323/@comment-3148314-20170308170854

"I think Galio already had a niche as a tank"

Agreed. I preferred a fulltank build over a mage build on him with just the AP given by imo essential items (RoA or pre-update Athene's)

"He basically got redesigned in exactly the wrong direction, receiving strengths he didn't need, losing a strength that set him apart from the rest, and ending up with a very loaded kit that is highly unlikely to remain in its current state for long"

Seems like it. It seems to me that Riot tried to give him more CC to make him more viable as a support, but actually his mix of CC (slow, taunt) and ally-buffs (shield, speed) was, imo, decent enough for him to be played as one. What I mean: giving him hard CC is ok to make him more viable, but replacing his buffs to allies with even more hard CC is what was a tad too much, imo.