Galio — LoL Classic counters & build

Who beats Galio in League of Legends: Classic, who Galio beats, and the Season 3 items, runes and masteries to run mid, support. Patch 26.17.

Galio is weak against

Pantheon mid
Physical burst ignores your MR identity and he out-trades you from level 2.
Talon mid
Your entire passive is magic resist and he is pure AD. You have no defensive stat against him.
Zed mid
AD assassin against an MR-scaling tank. Nothing in your kit answers him.

Galio is strong against

Ahri mid
MR passive eats her charm combo and Abyssal turns her damage into your damage.
Annie mid
Your MR passive blunts her burst and taunt interrupts the Tibbers follow-up.
Karthus mid
Taunt cancels Requiem and your magic resist makes his lane poke worthless.
Katarina mid
Taunt interrupts Death Lotus and his magic resist passive blunts your damage.
Morgana mid
Your MR scaling beats her poke and taunt drags her out of the pool.

Galio Season 3 build

Start:

Doran's RingHealth Potion ×2

Core:

Catalyst the ProtectorRod of AgesAbyssal Scepter

Abyssal doubles down on your MR passive: more MR means more damage on your Q.

Galio rune page

9× Mark of Magic Penetration9× Seal of Armor9× Glyph of Scaling Ability Power3× Quintessence of Ability Power

Flat magic penetration is the strongest first-blood stat in Season 3 - base MR is only 30 at level 1, so 9 marks strip a fifth of it. Scaling AP glyphs beat flat ones from about level 9.

Galio masteries

21/9/0 Offense. Archmage multiplies your whole AP curve, and Arcane Knowledge stacks with magic penetration marks.

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