Galio
Hardest matchups for Galio in Mid (Emerald, patch 16.20): 
Tryndamere, 
Gwen, 
Gragas. Easiest: 
Ezreal, 
Lucian, 
Mel.
Try it in a draftCountersPower curvesIn the tier listWho wins into GalioOn the pro tier list
Galio on patch 16.22
- Mid48.8%#72 of 91C12,117 games
- Support49.8%#26 of 77B2,556 games
- steady since 16.21
Galio’s main role on patch 16.22 is Mid: a 48.8% win rate across 12,117 Emerald games, #72 of 91 Mid champions on the tier list (grade C), picked in 4.9% of games. Galio is also played Support: a 49.8% win rate across 2,556 games, #26 of 77. Since patch 16.21, Galio Mid has not moved by more than chance explains: 0.3 points across 81,500 games in 8 ranks.
Emerald games from every region, as of Nov 9, 2026. The tables below load current numbers. Patch 16.22 tier list
Solo queue
Open in the tier listPatch 16.20, the current one
| Lane | Grade | Win rate | Games | Picked | Mains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid75% of its games | C | 49.0%49.0% raw ±0.6 | 27,561 | 3.9%1.7% banned | 50.3%46.5% first time |
| Support18% of its games | B | 50.0%50.0% raw ±1.2 | 6,623 | 1.0%1.8% banned | 52.2%47.6% first time |
| Top6% of its games | B | 49.5%49.3% raw ±2.1 | 2,278 | 0.3%1.8% banned | 51.6%48.5% first time |
| Bot0% of its games | too few games | 49.8%47.6% raw ±10.7 | 84 | 0.0%1.8% banned | 51.6%47.1% first time |
| Jungle0% of its games | too few games | 49.0%37.0% raw ±10.9 | 81 | 0.0%1.8% banned | 51.1%47.0% first time |
Matchups
Every matchupHow to read this
Galio’s win rate against each champion picked into it in the lane opposite: its hardest matchups, then its easiest. The small number is the matchup’s own effect on Galio, the part not explained by either champion’s strength.
Hardest for Galio
Lane leads and team bans
What Galio’s team bans
Champions a team bans more often when it has Galio than the other team does in the same games (211,805 games). The other team banned before Galio was picked, so the gap is the ban spent because Galio was coming — a sign players see these as counters. Riot does not say which player cast a ban, so this is the team’s choice.
Builds
Every buildHow to read this
How Galio is built in this lane, most common first, with the items those builds finish and how they win.
- Enchanter
51.5%15,169 games - AP sustained
51.6%6,327 games - AP burst
54.2%3,159 games - Tank
47.6%1,649 games - Mana stack
51.4%16 games
Runes and summoner spells
How to read this
How Galio does with each summoner-spell pair, keystone and minor rune in this lane, at the rank and region above. These are the win rates of the players who made each choice, not the choice’s own effect: a page is recommended only when a real share of players runs it.
30,106 games · patches 16.20, 16.21 · Sep 10 – Oct 21
Flash + Ignite51.9% · 7,028 games
AftershockResolve + Sorcery · 50.7%
Shield Bash · Second Wind · Overgrowth · Manaflow Band · TranscendenceShards: Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Start: Doran's Ring + Health Potion · 51.7%
Key items: Hextech Rocketbelt → Imperial Mandate · 51.4%
Boots: Sorcerer's Shoes · 54.1%Every option, with its numbers
Summoner spells
- Flash + Ignite51.9%7,028 games · 23% pick rate · same players: +1.2 pts vs the usualRecommended
Flash + Teleport48.0%21,352 games · 71% pick rate · the usual choice
Flash + Ghost50.8%1,237 games · 4.1% pick rate · same players: −0.0 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Keystones
- Aftershock + Sorcery50.7%7,793 games · 26% pick rate · same players: +2.3 pts vs the usualRecommended
Stormraider's Surge + Domination51.4%608 games · 2.0% pick rate · same players: +1.9 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Stormraider's Surge + Resolve48.0%16,361 games · 54% pick rate · the usual choice
Electrocute + Sorcery49.4%3,112 games · 10% pick rate · same players: −0.0 pts vs the usual
Minor runes with Aftershock
- Shield Bash50.6%94% take it
Demolish52.7%3.0% take it
Font of Life48.9%2.6% take it
- Second Wind52.1%12% take it
Bone Plating50.1%85% take it
Conditioning57.1%3.3% take it
- Overgrowth50.5%93% take it
Unflinching52.3%6.5% take it
- Transcendence50.6%93% take it
- Manaflow Band53.2%11% take it
Nimbus Cloak50.1%85% take it
Scorch52.2%7.0% take it
- Adaptive Force49.0%97% take it
- Adaptive Force49.0%96% take it
- Move Speed50.4%2.9% take it
- Health Scaling50.0%40% take it
- Health48.5%59% take it
These numbers describe, they do not prove. Each rate is Galio’s record when its player chose that option, pulled toward Galio’s own rate by 100 games of prior so a small sample cannot look like a discovery. An uncommon page often wins more because experts run it, and they would win on any page, so only a choice taken in at least 10% of games can be recommended, and spells and keystones are ranked by how the SAME players do with them against the usual choice, not by the raw rate; rarer ones are listed with their numbers and labeled. The build line (opening buy, the two key items in the order they are finished, boots or the support upgrade) is advice in the same sense: how Galio does when built that way.
The learning curve
Champion pool
On a first game Galio wins 47.6%; in the hands of players with the most mastery on it, 51.9%. That gap ranks it 107 of 173 for how much practice pays. It crosses 50% at about 74K mastery points.
Pro play
On the pro tier list
Galio in the major leagues and international events this season, across 3,434 games: its record, how often it is picked or banned, whether it is taken blind or saved as a counter, its lane at 15 minutes, and the best pro on it.
| Lane | Win rate | Priority | Blind / counter | Lane @15 | Best pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 48.7%143W 159L | 14%17% in any lane | 82% counter | −374 gold | — |
| Top | 50.0%25W 25L | 2%17% in any lane | 94% counter | −380 gold | — |
| Support | 49.2%0W 5L | 0%17% in any lane | 0% counter | +140 gold | — |
| Bot | 49.8%0W 1L | 0%17% in any lane | 100% counter | −1,212 gold | — |
How much knowing Galio pays
Players on their Mastery band win 4.4 points more on Galio than first-timers do: #107 of 173 champions for how much mastery pays.
At 300k+ mastery points, Galio players win 51.9%: #115 of 173 champions for where mastery ends up. The curve is still rising there: its fitted ceiling of about 52.2% lies beyond the data and is an estimate, not a measurement.
GalioDots are the six mastery bands, placed at their mastery points. The line is the best-fitting curve that rises and levels off.
This is not a promise about your next game. Players do not reach a mastery band in a random order, and a champion someone loses on tends to get dropped before it reaches the high bands — so the right-hand side of every curve is partly survivors, not only practice.
Text summary of this page as it stood on Nov 9, 2026. The live tables on this page are current.
Galio ranked-play summary
Most similar champions: Lissandra, Vex, Twisted Fate.
Anonymous public figures recorded on Nov 9, 2026, when this page was built. The interactive tables on this page load current data.