Talk:Galio/@comment-38258081-20190523183106/@comment-4636093-20190527125921

He means the actual shield which Galio gets passively from W, not the active.

The actual answer is that Malphite's shield is an all-damage shield while Galio's only blocks magic damage. Malphite uses his passive as a health buffer which you must break before you can damage his actual healthbar, but for Galio... if you auto attack him you're damaging his actual health bar, if a minion starts shooting him during a trade he's taking actual damage.