Talk:Galio/@comment-72.177.153.249-20110512111212/@comment-77.177.104.129-20110515232956

Actually tanky AP can work very well...awesome in mid or solo lane. His Q burst is quite high, he can farm like a boss, and if you face a mage opponent in lane you'll have the advantage of gaining both defense and offense at the same time, so after your first trip back there is no way he can ever beat you in lane.

I love going abyssal scepter as my 3rd item (after mercs and chalice). that gives me 149AP at midgame, so not really worse than the enemy mage cause I dominated him.

His ganks are quite strong as well, with slow, speedup and his 2s taunt

You can still be the main tank, just build a bit of armour.. Your tankyness comes from the level advantage and with some AP your W heals you for a ton if you drop it on the person being focussed. I usually end up buying something like randuins, banshees, deathcap and hourglass.