Galio is a perfect tanky team-oriented pick that can be successfully played in all elos from Iron to Challenger. We have even seen this pick dominate in the Worlds 2024 championship when played by the greatest of all times, Faker. To come an inch closer to Faker, today we are going to explore the greatest Galio build for season 14.
Best Galio Items Season 14
Hollow Radiance
The greatest first item we can purchase on Galio is the Hollow Radiance. The item has a perfect synergy with Galio, since it will give us a shield each time we immobilize enemies. Having a bonus shield after using our E, or W is quite major, and it will enable us to sustain much better in lane trades and fights. Hollow Radiance also has a pretty neat passive that will damage all enemies in our proximity, this passive too will be triggered when we successfully use our E and W.
Riftmaker
In recent times, Galio became a champion that really works well with AP, so we will definitely be cooking up some nice damage items in our build. Riftmaker is a great item since it will temporarily increase our AP the longer we are in combat, since Galio is quite a tanky fish, we will easily be able to enjoy the full benefits of this item. When fully stacked, this item will also give us a nice amount of omnivamp, which will definitely aid our fighting sustain.
Zhonya’s Hourglass
Galio’s playstyle is heavily centered around engaging, therefore, having Zhonya’s in our loadout will be highly beneficial. After doing an all in on enemies, most of the enemy’s attention will be drawn to us, therefore, in order to escape their burst, we can simply use Zhonya’s.
Rabadon’s Deathcap
To make our engages have maximal impact, a great next item to build would be the Rabadon’s Deathcap. It will increase our ability power by very significant margins, since it will give us a 30% bonus on our total AP, as well as 130 flat AP. This will make our ultimates and all the incoming damage following them much more deadlier, especially for squishy champions.
Mejai’s Soulstealer
A very nice item to finish off our Galio build would be the Mejai’s Soulstealer. For those unfamiliar, this item will give us a stack each time we kill an enemy, and it will also drop a significant amount of stacks each time we die ourselves. Every stack of this item will give us a very great increase in ability power. This item is slightly risky to buy if you die a lot, otherwise, it’s one of the most gold efficient purchases. If you are worried about losing stacks, a good alternative to this item would be Stormsurge.
Boots
The boot choices for Galio are somewhat more diverse than those of other champions. Galio can either run defensive boots such as Mercury Treads and Plated Steelcaps, or some more aggressive ones such as Sorcerer’s Shoes. I find defensive boots much more consistent, and they are also much greater for maintaining Mejai’s stacks.
Best Runes for Galio
- Aftershock
- Shieldbash
- Boneplating
- Ovegrowth
- Manaflow Band
- Transcendence
Final Thoughts
Galio is one of the greatest champions for playmaking alongside the ally team. His kit makes him perfect for skirmishes around the lane, but it also allows him to teleport to any ally via his ultimate. The current greatest build to enhance Galio’s kit is one filled with many AP items.