Talk:Galio/@comment-153.24.73.60-20110811121440

This is my current Galio build. I have yet to lose with him. Also, I've been playing him before he was free, not to sound like a hipster, but I'm not new to him. Runes: Red -Magic Pen Blue-Magic Resist Yellow-Mana Regen Per Level Purple-Flat HP

Items:1.Frozen Heart (Gives early mana so you can lane longer. Also covers most of the armor you will need all game.Additionally, cooldown reduction is rather nice, allows you to get your ULT off quicker, and spam abilities to push lanes.) 2. Mercs Treads.(Gives magic resist, which gives you aditional ability power along with speed boost which is essential since he is rather slow.) 3. Aegis of the Legion. (A relatively cheap item with an all around usefulness. Additional HP, more armor, and magic resist to allow you to take less magic damage, and boost your AP. Its Passive is also an excellent advantage for teamfights.) 4.Abyssal Scepter. (A must have for Galio. Gives a great amount of AP for its price because of the magic resist.  Also great for team fights because it reduces MR of enemy champions.) 5. Banshee's Veil. (Gives additional HP and Mana because by this time in the game, you will need another mana boost to pay for the higher mana costs, now allowing you to spam abilities longer and push faster. Its passive ability can help save you from enemy ULT's during yours.  A nice little buffer. And of course the magic resist helps you take less damage, while doing more to them.) 6.Spirit Visage. (Most games it is hard to get your sixth item in time, so i go with this item because it gives more magic resist and therefore ability power. It gives another chunk of HP and by the time i get this item in game, I am tanking 3-4 champions on their team while hitting their towers.  Simply throw your shield on yourself and go to town.  It's passive is also excellent, reducing  your cooldowns yet again, and increasing healing on yourself.  If you think the game is going to go on long enough, I recomment lichbane in its place.)

Build. 9/21/0 In the offensive tree, you only need to get to the spell pen mastery. and for defensive, you want everything that doesnt involve dodging, because that could weaken your ULT.

Leveling. As far as leveling goes, Max out your E before anything else. It is your best ability for lane pushing and harassing enemy champions out of the XP zone. Bulwark will be the last thing you max. Of course, whenever your ULT is able to level, level it.