Champion sheet · Mid

Galio

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Bans, presence and fearless: Galio across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

20.8%#26 of 173 champions

Pick: 10.3%picked in 2,807 of 27,189 games
Ban: 10.5%2,349 bans over 22,315 games, against 2.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid48.1% between 46.4% and 49.8% over 2,371 gamesSoloQ 49.9%: clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 26.8 min

Amateur: 27,223 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 66% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 856,529 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 tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Win rateDraftLengthBuild
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 94% of mid laners.Map pressureFrontlineLets allies carryCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
48.1%
SoloQ
49.9%
48.1% win rate in amateur play over 2,371 games, against 49.9% in soloQ over 52,135 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.3%
SoloQ
2.7%
4.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
10.6%
SoloQ
2.4%
10.6% ban rate in amateur play over 13,367 games, against 2.4% in soloQ over 323,918 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.6 min
SoloQ
26.8 min
Median of 28.6 min in amateur play, against 26.8 min in soloQ.
BuildHollow Radiance, Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass instead of Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass
Amateur
9%
SoloQ
8%
Played in 9% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass (8%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Stormraider's Surge, then Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge66% · 34,484

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport63% · 32,594

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 66 games

Core (3 legendaries)8% · 527

8%of soloQ games

Stormsurge
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

≠ Amateur: Hollow Radiance, Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass instead of Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass. 9% · 242 games

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Map pressure first: more map pressure than 94% of mid laners.

Map pressuretop6%4.1 · mid laners: 3.2
Absorbs damagetop6%1,101 · mid laners: 489
Crowd control (CC)top13%1.3 · mid laners: 0.7

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

What marks it

Map pressure
Frontline
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Plays teamfights
Team damage

What it is not

Few duels
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 51 in lane, 28 in mid game and 21 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

5280 vs 528

854-45 vs 899

1,087-92 vs 1,179

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

Galiomid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 96% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

4.1takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 51 of 100 among mid laners528 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 28 of 100 among mid laners854 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 21 of 100 among mid laners1,087 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 4 of 100 among mid laners-619 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 4 of 100 among mid laners-969 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 94 of 100 among mid laners4.1 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 94 of 100 among mid laners1,101 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 72 of 100 among mid laners58% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 7 of 100 among mid laners16% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 87 of 100 among mid lanersrank 87 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 88 of 100 among mid laners1.3 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 35 of 100 among mid laners19% · median 21%

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.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ambessa51.2% · expected 44.4% · 41 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +0.6

Junglegap to expected

Vi51.7% · expected 44.4% · 58 g+7.4 ptSoloQ +1.3

Nocturne54.8% · expected 47.7% · 31 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -4.3

Jarvan IV50.0% · expected 46.6% · 46 g+3.4 ptSoloQ -1.5

Midgap to expected

Sylas54.5% · expected 45.1% · 33 g+9.4 ptSoloQ +2.2

Syndra48.6% · expected 44.4% · 35 g+4.2 ptSoloQ -1.8

Ahri44.4% · expected 43.3% · 45 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -2.6

Akali45.9% · expected 44.7% · 37 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +3.4

ADCgap to expected

Yunara46.9% · expected 42.7% · 64 g+4.1 ptSoloQ +0.3

Kai'Sa49.2% · expected 45.6% · 65 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +2.6

Jinx47.2% · expected 43.0% · 53 g+4.2 ptSoloQ -3.2

Caitlyn44.1% · expected 43.6% · 68 g+0.6 ptSoloQ -1.2

Tristana48.6% · expected 45.2% · 35 g+3.3 ptSoloQ -1.2

Supportgap to expected

Lulu52.2% · expected 47.6% · 69 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -1.3

Braum50.0% · expected 43.3% · 44 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +1.4

Thresh47.9% · expected 43.6% · 48 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +0.2

Nautilus46.3% · expected 44.9% · 82 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +1.4

Leona47.5% · expected 46.0% · 59 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +0.9

With

Topgap to expected

Renekton48.5% · expected 46.7% · 33 g+1.8 ptSoloQ -1.4

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin57.9% · expected 44.7% · 57 g+13.2 ptSoloQ -1.4

Wukong50.8% · expected 47.1% · 61 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +1.1

Viego50.0% · expected 43.5% · 34 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +0.8

Qiyana48.7% · expected 47.7% · 39 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -2.2

Sylas46.9% · expected 46.2% · 32 g+0.6 ptSoloQ -0.4

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn60.4% · expected 46.5% · 53 g+13.9 ptSoloQ +0.3

Ashe55.6% · expected 46.7% · 36 g+8.8 ptSoloQ -0.7

Kai'Sa49.3% · expected 44.5% · 67 g+4.8 ptSoloQ +0.9

Jhin47.7% · expected 42.7% · 44 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -0.2

Ezreal43.5% · expected 41.8% · 46 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +0.5

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine66.7% · expected 46.3% · 36 g+20.3 ptSoloQ +2.6

Braum57.1% · expected 46.7% · 42 g+10.4 ptSoloQ +0.1

Thresh53.8% · expected 46.4% · 39 g+7.4 ptSoloQ -0.3

Yuumi51.6% · expected 46.3% · 31 g+5.3 ptSoloQ +2.0

Leona45.5% · expected 44.0% · 44 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -0.8

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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