Champion sheet · Mid

Galio

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

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

Tournament presence · pick + ban

13.3%#56 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.8%picked in 545 of 6,991 games
Ban: 5.5%190 bans over 3,461 games, against 1.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid48.3% between 44.5% and 52.2% over 449 gamesSoloQ 50.3%: no clear gap

Median length28.3 minsoloQ 27.4 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 346,746 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: 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 Wukong in amateur play: +18.3 pts over 31 games, range above zero.+18.3 pt31 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.2%
SoloQ
1.9%
3.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.9%
SoloQ
1.5%
5.9% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 1.5% in soloQ over 139,864 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.3 min
SoloQ
27.4 min
Median of 28.3 min in amateur play, against 27.4 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge62% · 9,218

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport60% · 8,890

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 60 games

Core (3 legendaries)11% · 230

11%of soloQ games

Stormsurge
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Amateur: Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, Riftmaker (7%), gap not settled

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 Wukong in amateur play: +18.3 pts over 31 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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong64.5% · expected 46.2% · 31 g+18.3 ptSoloQ +2.6

Jarvan IV53.1% · expected 46.8% · 32 g+6.3 ptSoloQ -2.0

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara48.4% · expected 44.3% · 31 g+4.1 ptSoloQ +1.5

Supportgap to expected

Braum56.7% · expected 46.9% · 30 g+9.8 ptSoloQ +1.1

Nautilus44.1% · expected 43.1% · 34 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -1.2

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara54.3% · expected 48.1% · 35 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -1.2

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

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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