Introduction
Galio, sporting an extremely mediocre popularity rate of 1.3% has generally been very "out of the meta" for a while now, despite still having a relatively high win rate.In Preseason 5, Riot nerfed Athene's Unholy Grail, arguably the most cornerstone of Galio's item set. However, despite a minor win rate drop, it seems that as a niche pick, Galio is still very good, sitting at a >51% at the moment.
Against champions like Udyr, Nautilus, and Hecarim he clearly suffers from a strong lack of effectiveness, but in teams without specialized low CD stunners, he remains an amazing source of CC and initiation.
Galio VS New Towers
Anyway, to the heart of the post: Earlier today Person64923 posted up a very interesting observation that I hadn't thought about before, so I figured it would be good to highlight it. Apparently, due to the way that the new Towers hits faster in weaker increments, Galio's shield that grants him magic resist/armor while healing him upon every hit makes him nearly invulnerable to turrets while it's on.Check out the video below!
Thoughts? Want to play some more Galio now? Comment below!