User blog comment:Poisonshark/Champion Rework: Galio, the Sentinel's Sorrow/@comment-10256611-20140806094738/@comment-25235491-20140807085643

Reasoning?

I thought the top of the page was an explanation. You're still taking a "support Galio" approach to things, while I take a "tank Galio" approach. Meaning that while you are desiring team utility, my Galio here is intended to soak up the damage by himself.

For the innate, having it scale on magic resist would make Galio perhaps a bit too scary, especially if he accumulates it. In my average Galio game, I end up with 150 magic resist or above. Even scaling on would give +30 AP. As for it building up, well I don't really like the idea that you need to tank like 4 spells in a certain time frame to reach the max level of your passive. Or anything for that matter.

As for Bulwark, I used to have added another effect that was... to say the least, broken. I'm trying to figure out a way to have it surpass, by the way. Because (Galio's passive aside) for now, Bulwark is inherently inferior. Also, it is self-targeted to avoid flagging him as a support. Plus, shielding allies and healing himself when the ally takes a hit doesn't make much sense to me, I don't like the idea that he has to aim this skill to use it (My teammates juking their own support? Well, gg. Believe me, this happened.). I reassure you if possible, Bulwark won't stay a raw stat skill forever.

As for Gust, it will be an even better tool to initiate teamfights in that Galio himself will be faster, so he will be able to throw at least a Q before his teammates start taking risks. Once he has his E-Q combo landed, he can try to ult key targets with +70% movement speed. It's just that he won't be reduced to an assisting role, instead being the one who takes all the risks. Plus I don't like disengages (scrubby me, but who cares?), especially ones so unreliable as movespeed boosts. It never worked for me, especially in ARAM (yes, I had Galio twice in the same night in ARAM).

Here's my reasoning. It might be flawed to you, but if Galio is branded as a Tank-Mage, I fnd no reason for him to have all of these support skills. Which is why I'm reworking him here. I could make a second rework for a Support Galio, but that's not my aim for this one.