Galio·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Galio Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Second Wind and Unflinching in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hollow Radiance as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Riftmaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Thornmail and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 55.9% winrate over 1 136 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Galio Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Aftershock as your keystone, Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Overgrowth 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 Hollow Radiance, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Riftmaker as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Unending Despair and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 57.8% win rate over 393 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Phase Rush as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Second Wind with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hextech Rocketbelt as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Riftmaker as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Morellonomicon. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 62.5% win rate across 104 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Galio Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind with Unflinching as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Rod of Ages as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Riftmaker as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Thornmail and Hollow Radiance. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 43.7% win rate over 103 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.