Talk:Galio/@comment-4499945-20120507142923/@comment-3546228-20120507220710

I'll just copy you the detailed build I gave on these very same comments a few days ago...

I will just add that you don't have to always get that Deathcap for AP. It's there so you deal frightening damage without being ignorable. You can just buy something like a Warmog's and go full meat shield mode if that appeals you.

Void Staff is going too far and Guardian Angel is just silly on him.

As an avid Galio player I'd say this build is optimal in most cases.

Tanky enough with 600 bonus health, with two helpful auras for your team, lots of MR (106 bonus mr), armor (115 bonus armor) and AP to deal enough damage not to be ignored. The mana from and the mana regen from  will keep you from getting mana starved and both also give you maxed CDR so you will pull off much more ultimates and bulwarks for your team. The mobility active on will also let you initiate with your ultimate much easier, especially combined with

As for laning, well I was a fan of on him too, but I gradually realized getting an early  is much better. You can build it in Shurelya's which is awesome on Galio, gets you extra farm and still covers mana regen early on, while Chalice is useless once you get a major mana item.

's debuff will NOT reduce your ultimate's bonus damage. Even with 20% less attack speed on all opponents you need to be hit only 8 times during the channel to get to the maximum bonus damage. This is easily achievable in most team fights, and you can use minions too.