Galio·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Galio Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Aftershock as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, as well as Nimbus Cloak and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Celestial Opposition as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Locket of the Iron Solari. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Frozen Heart and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 51.5% winrate over 5 707 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Galio Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Aftershock as your keystone, Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Solstice Sleigh, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Locket of the Iron Solari as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Thornmail, Frozen Heart and Vigilant Wardstone. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 52.8% win rate over 2 160 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Aftershock as your keystone, Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Locket of the Iron Solari as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Frozen Heart and Vigilant Wardstone. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 55.3% win rate across 342 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Galio Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Scorch as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Stormsurge as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Riftmaker. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.8% win rate over 201 matches played.

Situational Galio Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Galio build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.