Champion sheet · Mid

Galio

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Bans, presence and fearless: Galio across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

20.9%#26 of 173 champions

Pick: 10.4%picked in 2,893 of 27,821 games
Ban: 10.5%2,376 bans over 22,617 games, against 2.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid48.1% between 46.4% and 49.8% over 2,436 gamesSoloQ 49.8%: no clear gap

Median length28.7 minsoloQ 26.8 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLengthBuild
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 98% of mid laners.Map pressureFrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Lissandra in amateur play: +19.1 pts over 46 games, range above zero.+19.1 pt46 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.3%
SoloQ
2.7%
4.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
10.7%
SoloQ
2.4%
10.7% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 2.4% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.7 min
SoloQ
26.8 min
Median of 28.7 min in amateur play, against 26.8 min in soloQ.
BuildHollow Radiance, Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass instead of Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass
Amateur
9%
SoloQ
9%
Played in 9% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass (9%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Stormraider's Surge, then Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge67% · 35,251

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport63% · 33,081

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 241 games

Core (3 legendaries)9% · 597

9%of soloQ games

Stormsurge
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

≠ Amateur: Hollow Radiance, Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass instead of Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass. 9% · 264 games

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 98% of mid laners.

Plays teamfightstop2%61% · mid laners: 55%
Absorbs damagetop4%1,388 · mid laners: 489
Lets allies carry killstop7%rank 93 of 100

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Map pressure
Frontline
Teamfight
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other mid laners

No measure in the middle of mid laners.

What it is not

Few duels
Little damage
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 16 in lane, 4 in mid game and 16 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

482-46 vs 528

750-149 vs 899

1,017-162 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Galiomid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 98% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.6takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 16 of 100 among mid laners482 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 4 of 100 among mid laners750 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 16 of 100 among mid laners1,017 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 2 of 100 among mid laners-679 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 2 of 100 among mid laners-1,104 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 85 of 100 among mid laners3.6 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 96 of 100 among mid laners1,388 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 98 of 100 among mid laners61% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 1 of 100 among mid laners12% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 93 of 100 among mid lanersrank 93 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 89 of 100 among mid laners1.3 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 21 of 100 among mid laners17% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Lissandra in amateur play: +19.1 pts over 46 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Jax59.6% · expected 48.5% · 57 g+11.2 ptSoloQ +0.8

Zaahen58.0% · expected 46.5% · 50 g+11.5 ptSoloQ -2.0

Olaf57.8% · expected 46.0% · 45 g+11.8 ptSoloQ -3.9

Shen61.9% · expected 51.6% · 42 g+10.3 ptSoloQ +4.3

K'Sante56.5% · expected 51.2% · 92 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -5.7

Junglegap to expected

Sylas61.9% · expected 48.1% · 84 g+13.8 ptSoloQ -0.6

Viego59.6% · expected 50.0% · 52 g+9.6 ptSoloQ -0.9

Naafiri59.4% · expected 48.0% · 32 g+11.4 ptSoloQ -2.4

Xin Zhao53.9% · expected 49.2% · 89 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -0.6

Jarvan IV53.9% · expected 50.6% · 102 g+3.3 ptSoloQ -1.4

Midgap to expected

Lissandra69.6% · expected 50.5% · 46 g+19.1 ptSoloQ +3.7

Veigar71.4% · expected 53.4% · 35 g+18.1 ptSoloQ -4.8

Aurora62.7% · expected 49.9% · 59 g+12.8 ptSoloQ -2.5

Locke61.1% · expected 49.5% · 72 g+11.6 ptSoloQ +1.8

LeBlanc58.7% · expected 48.7% · 63 g+10.0 ptSoloQ +0.6

ADCgap to expected

Zeri59.6% · expected 46.2% · 52 g+13.4 ptSoloQ +0.3

Aphelios60.8% · expected 52.8% · 51 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -1.5

Varus56.5% · expected 48.4% · 46 g+8.1 ptSoloQ -1.9

Jhin53.9% · expected 51.4% · 115 g+2.5 ptSoloQ +0.4

Caitlyn48.8% · expected 47.2% · 121 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -1.5

Supportgap to expected

Blitzcrank56.3% · expected 47.4% · 71 g+8.9 ptSoloQ +1.4

Bard57.9% · expected 46.2% · 38 g+11.7 ptSoloQ +0.7

Milio57.6% · expected 51.0% · 92 g+6.6 ptSoloQ +0.4

Nautilus53.6% · expected 48.9% · 125 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +1.0

Braum48.5% · expected 47.1% · 130 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +1.9

With

Topgap to expected

Yone57.7% · expected 48.6% · 71 g+9.1 ptSoloQ +0.2

Gwen60.0% · expected 50.8% · 55 g+9.2 ptSoloQ +4.7

K'Sante54.1% · expected 46.9% · 61 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -1.2

Camille54.4% · expected 51.9% · 103 g+2.5 ptSoloQ +0.9

Junglegap to expected

Lillia62.5% · expected 52.5% · 56 g+10.0 ptSoloQ +0.1

Jarvan IV48.9% · expected 47.6% · 141 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -0.1

Jayce52.6% · expected 47.4% · 38 g+5.2 ptSoloQ +1.1

Qiyana54.9% · expected 51.8% · 51 g+3.1 ptSoloQ -1.5

Xin Zhao50.0% · expected 49.0% · 62 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +1.3

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn58.3% · expected 51.0% · 132 g+7.3 ptSoloQ -0.4

Yunara57.6% · expected 51.2% · 172 g+6.3 ptSoloQ -0.4

Ashe58.9% · expected 50.4% · 73 g+8.5 ptSoloQ -0.4

Varus59.0% · expected 49.7% · 39 g+9.2 ptSoloQ -0.3

Tristana54.8% · expected 49.1% · 73 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -0.1

Supportgap to expected

Yuumi67.2% · expected 50.1% · 67 g+17.0 ptSoloQ +2.1

Braum61.1% · expected 51.0% · 95 g+10.0 ptSoloQ -0.7

Rell62.5% · expected 52.7% · 64 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -0.6

Lulu51.5% · expected 46.6% · 169 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -0.2

Seraphine54.7% · expected 50.1% · 117 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +1.7

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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