Talk:Galio/@comment-4947142-20130719233348/@comment-8506165-20130807211110

From what I remember from experimenting to see if it works in a bot game...

First clears are awful - he's so ludicrously mana-hungry even with blue. Still gonna want your chalice at some point. Not actually so bad for sustain with Bulwark though.

Ganks can actually be fairly good - Q has a fairly powerful slow and decent damage and then you have E to chase along with your laner. Main problem is making sure you hit that first Q - even if the lane's unwarded if you miss that then you're probably not gonna stop them reaching their turret. Post-6 though you have your ult which used wisely -should- guarantee a kill. Bulwark also makes him a fairly good counter-ganker, showing up to shield his laner and turn the fight around.

Somewhat blue dependent - absolutely needs it for first few clears, still appreciates it even with Athene's. Doesn't really care so much about red.

Start machete and pots - I started red pots although three reds and two blues might work with how bad his mana addiction is. If you go for a jungle item make it Ancient Golem because spellvamp's pretty awful on Galio with all his AoE spells making Spectral Wraith a poor choice. AS reds, MS quints (your base MS blows, these really help), armor yellows and MR blues are the set-up I'd run but up to you. Standard route. Max Q first for faster clears and better ganks. Standard jungle tank runepage - I ran 0/21/9 but 0/9/21 or even 9/21/0 could work.

I'd try it in a custom game first to see how you like it. Definitely not his best role imo, but still surprisingly good.