Talk:Galio/@comment-1330314-20170308081323/@comment-1330314-20170308095840

I think it's alright for Galio to have damage, as he's meant to be part-battle mage, but other than that I completely agree with you. Literally every other Big 3 tank got called out for having lots of PBAoE damage (though I personally think Sejuani as well should still have a fair bit of that), mostly passive and non-skill-based defenses and fairly generic kits, and in waltzes Galio, who now has spammable AoE on-hit damage, mostly passive defenses and a kit where practically every effect can be linked directly to another champion who did it better already. It's irritating to have mostly well-designed champions see potentially large reworks, and then have a champion receive everything they got told they couldn't have, and so with no real justification.

The thing is, I think Galio already had a niche as a tank in that he contributed a fair bit of damage and ally utility, and paid for it with low mobility and basically only one significant CC ability. Now, he has practically every generic tank mechanic in the book, with two dashes, including one semi-global ult dash, 3 different forms of AoE hard CC, 2 of which are knockups, and lots of damage on top of all that. His only ally utility is more of an afterthought that, in practice, doesn't really save anyone's life. 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, which will likely involve hits to both his crowd control and damage in the future. His VGU, along with the slightly iffy statements made about other tanks, is making me question the direction Riot is taking for tanks, and I fear the class as a whole is at risk of suffering for a lot longer.