Talk:Galio/@comment-109.71.32.40-20120909091650/@comment-58.172.169.27-20120910142210

Both of them are tanky, have great CC, sustain, and are magic-damage based.

Maokai's a great champ because the nature of his skills mean that even if he's underfarmed, he will always be useful (free wards, snare, knockback, slow, 20% dmg reduction).

Galio's spells are somewhat more based on farm, excluding his ultimate, because their CC effects are not as noticeable. Further Galio also has a significant portion of his usefulness based on enemy team comp. If they are all AD, he will not be a happy camper. That alone reduces his utility in blind picks and makes him somewhat difficult to pick in draft picks (especially if your team is not precoordinated).