A twenty-minute Galio practice routine
A concrete practice-tool routine for Galio, built around its real cooldowns and ability costs.
Minutes 0–5: the passive, alone
Every few seconds, Galio's next basic attack deals bonus magic damage in an area.
Do nothing else for five minutes. The passive is the piece nobody isolates, and it is the only part of the kit that is always available.
Minutes 5–15: each ability, then the sequence
Colossal Smash
Every few seconds, Galio's next basic attack deals bonus magic damage in an area.
Winds of War
Galio fires two windblasts that converge into a large tornado that deals damage over time.
Shield of Durand
Galio charges a defensive stance, moving slowly. Upon releasing the charge, Galio will taunt and damage nearby enemies.
Justice Punch
Galio will briefly step back and charge, knocking up the first enemy champion he encounters.
Hero's Entrance
Galio designates an ally's position as his landing spot, granting all allies in the area a magic shield. After a delay Galio smashes down location, knocking up nearby enemies.
Use the cooldowns as a metronome
Practice tool lets you reset cooldowns, which is useful for learning a combo and useless for learning a champion. Turn the reset off and cast on the real timings — knowing what an ability's downtime feels like is most of what separates a comfortable champion from a new one.
Galio is mana-gated, which is the real limit on how often you can contest a wave early.
Minutes 15–20: last-hitting under tower
Unglamorous, and the highest-value five minutes of the routine. Melee champions have completely different tower-farming patterns, and this is where you find out which one you are actually playing.
Riot's own notes on playing Galio
These are the designers' words, not ours — the tips shipped in the client for Galio.
- You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
- You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
- You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.