Talk:Galio/@comment-130.234.5.137-20121003112310

I've been thinking of Galio recently and am starting to feel he should really be played as a a support. His laning phase is pretty good and he can farm well, but he doesn't really become THAT much more useful when he has a ton of gold. The base damage on his skills is high, so he's pretty dangerous mid game around the time he gets his second skill to lvl5, but the AP ratios are so low and the cooldowns so high that he really can't fulfil the role of AP carry that well... unless you're Alex Ich or something.

On the other hand the team utility of the slow from his Q, shield from his W, speed from his E and of course the taunt from his R are fully effective no matter his other stats. He's also decently useful on bottom lane with his strong poke and ability to shield/speed up the ad carry.

I used to play a lot of Galio mid when climbing to (the old) silver elo and almost every time I ended up getting fed we'd lose to game because all the kills went to a guy who couldn't do that much damage. My general skill at the game has increased a lot since I last played him, and after trying him for the first time in a while I noticed my old tricks aren't working anymore. What do you guys think, am I on to something, or do I just suck with this particular champion?