Talk:Galio/@comment-26128186-20160121152231/@comment-11013454-20160122080331

Galio isn't played as much because there are other champions who do what he does with greater ease and a better effectiveness.

Don't get anyone wrong, Galio can be and is a strong champion when played well and with the right comps. He's just comparatively weaker than all the other champion choices you have. If you want to tank hard, you can pick one of hte other tanks. If you want to mage it up, you would pick a mage who was designed to just be a mage and get the job done. There are sitautions where being a bit of both helps the team, but as it stands Galio is a little bit clunky because of his proficiency in seamingly opposiing roles: A role that charges forward and soaks damage, and a role that typical hangs back to fling spells.

His mana costs are a bit frustrating to players who pick him up until he borederline is forced to get a chalice. There's alot of power in his kit but he's also seen a bit of wear and tear as time gone by and new champions and meta changes occured. THe new champs that are so objectively good and better than the ones that came before them, coupled with remakes that made old champions much stronger because their focuses were honed on, makes him look worse, just comparatively.

If they reworked him a little and focused him around a certain mechanic or focus, he'd probably see some slight popularity boost, as people always do with reworked champs. BUt as it stands, he will probably look like the worse option to most players.