User blog comment:Deshiba/Solo Queue: Against the meta./@comment-5556439-20130628130147/@comment-4921386-20130629062146

Galio doesn't counter Thresh/Draven. That lane should straight up obliterate you, like most other lanes. The poke would be the only thing that you really have on them early, but then again, its an expensive spell that's somewhat easy to dodge and can hard push a lane. You want to pick something with strong disengage (Janna, Alistar, Lulu) against Thresh/Draven, because you cannot hope to win direct trades. Poke lanes can work, but they're very dangerous as you tend to be squishy, and should a hook land, you'll just die.

Galio is by no means a bad pick or champ. but he's far better off in a solo lane where can utilize his amazing farming abilties to actually do something other than taunt (and die). In this situation, Lulu is a much more powerful pick in all regards when compared to galio. The Q (and to a lesser extent E) grant very powerful poke and zoning tools, the polymorph straight up denies Draven the ability to capitalize on thresh hooks, and her shield is arguably stronger than Galio's defensive steroid.