User blog comment:JBox2D/A dedicated anti-mage champion/@comment-24420226-20140225194228/@comment-24090662-20140227040239

Galio's an anti magic damage champion. His ult is a taunt which increases based on the damage he takes during it, which is less effective against mages than dps champions. His shield is based on taking more instances of damage, which also makes it better against a lot of little damage instances than one big one. Also, galio is a tank: I'm trying to make a champion who's a squishy mage killer.