Talk:Galio/@comment-11013454-20150813172655/@comment-26442038-20150817115229

If the passive is as weak as a Fiora's old passive, solo lane Galio might actually end up losing some power early on since he loses a lot of damage without the bonus AP from passive. The jungler would constantly have to visit to make his passive somewhat decent. It may be ok on support Galio though.

As for your second paragraph, Galio might actually be on the edge of being strong in my opinion. You can buff him through his other skills (your E change looks like a good change on him, but I do like the uniqueness of the spell), but don't remove some of his core weaknesses or counterplay because Galio is one of those champions heavily balanced by his weak points (like Poppy or Garen). Removing his weaknesses means he would have to take heavy nerfs somewhere else and might end up taking away the champion's identity (like how pre-buffed Elise was supposed to be an early game threat, but ended up being a tank oriented jungler because of all the nerfs). He isn't outperformed by other champions, his weaknesses is just preventing him from always using him at his full potential.