Champion sheet · Support

Galio

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

20.9%#26 of 173 champions

Pick: 10.4%picked in 2,965 of 28,584 games
Ban: 10.5%2,447 bans over 23,308 games, against 2.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Support53.0% between 47.8% and 58.2% over 247 gamesSoloQ 51.4%: no clear gap

Median length30.5 minsoloQ 27.1 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 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 Support.DraftLength
How to play itAftershock, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Force of Nature, and Randuin's Omen: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 98% of supports.FrontlineTeamfightCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.4%
SoloQ
0.5%
0.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.5% 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 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.5 min
SoloQ
27.1 min
Median of 30.5 min in amateur play, against 27.1 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Force of Nature, and Randuin's Omen: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock79% · 7,621

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal53% · 5,038

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 81% · 30 games

Core (3 legendaries)8% · 3

8%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Force of Nature
Randuin's Omen

Amateur: Hextech Rocketbelt, Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass, 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?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 98% of supports.

Absorbs damagetop2%1,116 · supports: 393
Plays teamfightstop14%57% · supports: 54%
Crowd control (CC)top22%1.4 · supports: 1

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

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
CC

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Lets allies carry kills
Team damage

What it is not

Few duels
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 51 in lane, 51 in mid game and 51 in late game, out of 100 supports.

2880 vs 288

348+6 vs 342

389+2 vs 388

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

Galiosupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 66% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 51 of 100 among supports288 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 51 of 100 among supports348 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 51 of 100 among supports389 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 34 of 100 among supports-24 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 34 of 100 among supports-16 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 73 of 100 among supports4.9 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 98 of 100 among supports1,116 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 86 of 100 among supports57% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 24 of 100 among supports14% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 50 of 100 among supportsrank 50 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 78 of 100 among supports1.4 · median 1
Team damage · rank 44 of 100 among supports9% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.