What is the best build for Galio?

We do not publish a best build for Galio, and the reason is worth thirty seconds. The most recorded Galio mid build on patch 16.14 is Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass and Imperial Mandate, in 183 games. A finished item set is read at the end of the game, so a build only appears once the game ran long enough to buy it, and a game that runs long is usually a game you were winning. Any share of wins taken from those games leans high for that reason on its own, which is why there is not one in this answer. The page lists every recorded build with the games behind it.

What are the best runes for Galio?

The most recorded Galio mid rune page on patch 16.14 takes Stormraider's Surge out of Sorcery, with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch beside it and Overgrowth and Bone Plating out of Resolve. Players who ran it won 51.4% of 1,230 games, range 48.6% to 54.2%. A rune page is locked in at champion select, so that share is not inflated by long games the way a build is, but it counts who picked the page rather than what the page did.

Galio build, patch 16.14

Q: What skill order should I use on Galio?

Recorded Galio mid players max Q, then W, then E. 596 recorded games on patch 16.14. Win comparisons only count games that ran long enough to finish the max: 100% of 589 Q-first games and 100% of 4 W-first games. Short games are missing from both sides, and short games are usually decided ones.

2,839 games of Galio recorded on patch 16.14, across mid, support, top, bot and jungle.

Win rate

50.1% of mid games this patch

Pick rate

2.9% of mid games

Games

2,206 mid, patch 16.14

Rank in role

13 of 109 mid champions

Win impact against the average mid pick on patch 16.14: +0.1 wins per 100 games (range -1.4 to 1.6) 2,206 games Pooled

What most Galio mid players build, patch 16.14

Build Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass and Imperial Mandate, and run Stormraider's Surge

The rune page they run

Sorcery

Stormraider's Surge

Resolve

Shards

1,230 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

The skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 596 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	Q			Q	Q		Q		Q
W		W						W		W		W	W
E			E											E	E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 W, 11 R, 12 W, 13 W, 14 E, 15 E, 16 R, 17 E, 18 E

Max Q, then W, then E. The level by level count.

183 games finished this exact set. It is the set recorded most often, which is a fact about players rather than about the items.

Share of those games that were wins, in percent 57.9% (range 50.7-64.8) · 183 games · Measured

Games that finish a build are games that lasted, and lasting usually means winning, so this figure leans high before the items do anything. It is how those games went, not what the build does to your chances. How far that can bend a number.

Galio mid is the role with the most recorded games on patch 16.14: 2,206 games, of which 1,106 were wins. That is the role this page leads with. Measured on this page: mid, support and top, the roles that cleared 30 recorded games.

wins 0.1 per 100 vs the mid average · 2,206 games on 16.14 · first-time players measured (2,040 games) · no clear move vs 16.13 (-8.0, range -19.3 to +3.3)

The build above is the one recorded most often, nothing more. Every recorded build, with its own games and its own share, is in the build list, in the order players built them.

Why this answer

A champion and role pair needs 30 recorded games before we put a score or a win impact on it: under that, a handful of lucky games moves a win rate by ten points. The same floor applies to a single build and to a single rune page, and anything under it prints its games and no number.

The share on that figure says how the games went, not what the build does to you. Nothing on this page measures that; the method note at the end says why.

What do most Galio players build?

Item sets recorded on patch 16.14, most built first, never sorted by how the games went. The share is how many of a build's own games were wins; a build under 30 games shows its games and no share.

Galio, mid

8 item sets were recorded in this role and 4 of them cleared 30 games.

Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass and Imperial Mandate
57.9% 183 games
Zhonya's Hourglass, Imperial Mandate and Hollow Radiance
47.8% 67 games
Imperial Mandate, Riftmaker and Hollow Radiance
69.0% 42 games
Hextech Rocketbelt, Imperial Mandate and Riftmaker
70.7% 41 games

A finished set is read at the end of the game, so every share here leans high: games that last long enough to finish a build are usually games that were already going well. How far that can bend a number.

Galio, support

2 item sets were recorded in this role and 0 of them cleared 30 games.

Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari and Imperial Mandate
not enough games yet. 9 games so far, this needs 30. 9 games
Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari and Imperial Mandate
not enough games yet. 8 games so far, this needs 30. 8 games

Galio, top

0 item sets were recorded in this role and 0 of them cleared 30 games.

No top build recorded yet

We have 136 games of Galio top on patch 16.14, but no item set repeated often enough to record as a build.

Read the rune pages instead

What runes do most Galio players run?

Whole pages that players actually ran, most recorded first. A page is locked in at champion select, so long games do not inflate its share the way they inflate a build's; it still counts who picked the page rather than what the page did.

Galio, mid

10 complete pages were recorded in this role and 4 of them cleared 30 games.

Stormraider's Surge Sorcery with Resolve

1,230 games

Sorcery

Stormraider's Surge

Resolve

Shards

1,230 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

Other pages players ran

Aftershock Resolve with Sorcery

596 games

Electrocute Domination with Sorcery

209 games

Stormraider's Surge Sorcery with Domination

31 games

Keystones picked, one slot on its own

Stormraider's Surge: 51.1% 1,292 games
Aftershock: 48.3% 632 games
Electrocute: 48.1% 231 games
Dark Harvest: 53.3% 30 games

7 keystones were recorded in this role: one slot on its own, counted across every page that used it, so the share carries the rest of each page with it.

Galio, support

10 complete pages were recorded in this role and 3 of them cleared 30 games.

Aftershock Resolve with Sorcery

279 games

Resolve

Aftershock

Sorcery

Shards

279 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

Other pages players ran

Aftershock Resolve with Inspiration

97 games

Glacial Augment Inspiration with Sorcery

32 games

Keystones picked, one slot on its own

Aftershock: 53.1% 397 games
Glacial Augment: 50.0% 40 games

6 keystones were recorded in this role: one slot on its own, counted across every page that used it, so the share carries the rest of each page with it.

Galio, top

9 complete pages were recorded in this role and 2 of them cleared 30 games.

Stormraider's Surge Sorcery with Resolve

53 games

Sorcery

Stormraider's Surge

Resolve

Shards

53 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

Other pages players ran

Aftershock Resolve with Sorcery

52 games

Keystones picked, one slot on its own

Stormraider's Surge: 53.4% 58 games
Aftershock: 52.7% 55 games

5 keystones were recorded in this role: one slot on its own, counted across every page that used it, so the share carries the rest of each page with it.

What skill order should I use?

Counted from recorded level-ups on patch 16.14, one player per game.

Max Q, then W, then E

596 recorded games on patch 16.14. Win comparisons only count games that ran long enough to finish the max: 100% of 589 Q-first games and 100% of 4 W-first games. Short games are missing from both sides, and short games are usually decided ones.

not enough games

Galio mid skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 596 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	Q			Q	Q		Q		Q
W		W						W		W		W	W
E			E											E	E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 W, 11 R, 12 W, 13 W, 14 E, 15 E, 16 R, 17 E, 18 E

Almost nobody maxed W first, so there is nothing to compare. -1 wins per 100 games (range -11 to 9) 592 games Measured 588 games maxed Q first, 4 games maxed W first.

Max W, then E, then Q

121 recorded games on patch 16.14. Win comparisons only count games that ran long enough to finish the max: 93% of 102 W-first games and 80% of 15 Q-first games. Short games are missing from both sides, and short games are usually decided ones.

not enough games

Galio support skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 121 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Q			Q											Q	Q		Q
W	W			W	W		W		W
E		E						E		E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 E, 11 R, 12 E, 13 E, 14 Q, 15 Q, 16 R, 17 Q

Almost nobody maxed Q first, so there is nothing to compare. 0 wins per 100 games (range -11 to 12) 107 games Measured 95 games maxed W first, 12 games maxed Q first.

Max Q, then W, then E

Only 31 recorded games on patch 16.14. A soft read. Win comparisons only count games that ran long enough to finish the max: 100% of 30 Q-first games and 100% of 1 E-first games. Short games are missing from both sides, and short games are usually decided ones.

not enough games

Galio top skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 31 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	Q			Q	Q		Q		Q
W		W	W					W		W		W	W
E														E	E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 W, 11 R, 12 W, 13 W, 14 E, 15 E, 16 R, 17 E, 18 E

Almost nobody maxed E first, so there is nothing to compare. +1 wins per 100 games (range -12 to 14) 31 games Measured 30 games maxed Q first, 1 game maxed E first.

When do players buy each piece?

The pieces of the most recorded Galio mid build, in the order players buy them. The time is the middle of the spread across every recorded game on patch 16.14, measured at the buy rather than at the end of the game: half the recorded buys of the item happen before it, half after.

Buy times, earliest first

Hextech Rocketbelt: 13:43 1,271 games
Imperial Mandate: 19:04 399 games
Zhonya's Hourglass: 25:56 1,680 games

The bar is scaled to the latest piece of the set. Each item links to its own page, where the whole spread sits beside the games behind it.

Who counters Galio?

The opponents Galio mid loses to most and the teammates Galio gains the most beside on patch 16.14. The chip is the edge in wins per 100 games, and the games behind it sit under the name.

Hardest opponents

108 more opponents sit under 50 games against Galio and are counted, not ranked. Every measured Galio opponent, with the full table

Best teammates

Every measured Galio teammate, with the full table

These numbers come from 108,616 ranked games we recorded on EUW, Korea and NA, found by following Diamond players and the people they play with. That is not every rank and it is not every region. Everything on this page is patch 16.14. Counted up to 24 July 2026.

How does Galio rank?

Every role we recorded Galio in on patch 16.14, scored or not. Win impact is measured against the average pick in that role on the same patch, and a role needs 30 recorded games before it is scored.

Galio by role

mid B +0.1 wins per 100 games (range -1.4 to 1.6) 2,206 games Pooled: 53 2,206 games
support B +0.7 wins per 100 games (range -1.3 to 2.7) 478 games Pooled: 52 478 games
top C +0.2 wins per 100 games (range -1.9 to 2.3) 136 games Pooled: 46 136 games
bot not enough games yet. 14 games so far, this needs 30.: not scored 14 games
jungle not enough games yet. 5 games so far, this needs 30.: not scored 5 games

Why no share of wins on this page says a build is good for Galio

A finished item set is read at the end of the game. A player who bought the first two items and lost at twenty minutes never finished the set, so they are not in its row. Everybody in the row lasted long enough to buy it, and lasting is most of what winning looks like. The share those games won is pushed up by that on its own, before the items do anything at all, and the push is largest on the most expensive builds and backwards on the ones you buy when a game is going badly.

We know the size of it. In simulation, with every item's real effect set to exactly zero, an item read at the end of the game shows about 92% as a sixth completed item. A defensive item with a real 5 point benefit shows about 20 points the wrong way, because it gets bought when a player is behind. The measurement is here.

So this page counts and labels rather than ranks. The estimate that answers the real question is taken at the moment of the buy, from the state the purchase happened in, and it runs in the desktop app because it needs the game in front of it.

Other mid champions on patch 16.14

Highest scored first. The whole mid ranking, with the games behind every row, is on the tier list.

Every mid champion we have games for.

Recomputed 24 July 2026. Champion, item and rune names from Data Dragon 16.14.1. How we measure this.

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