Champion sheet · Mid

Galio

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · KR

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

Tournament presence · pick + ban

23.3%#22 of 173 champions

Pick: 11.6%picked in 2,054 of 17,668 games
Ban: 11.7%1,963 bans over 16,717 games, against 3.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid48.0% between 46.0% and 50.0% over 1,742 gamesSoloQ 48.9%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 25.9 min

Amateur: 18,564 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 235,635 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 tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLengthBuild
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 / againstBetter than expected against Vi in amateur play: +12.3 pts over 49 games, range above zero.+12.3 pt49 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.0%
SoloQ
3.6%
5.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
11.9%
SoloQ
3.8%
11.9% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 3.8% in soloQ over 158,928 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
25.9 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 25.9 min in soloQ.
BuildHollow Radiance, Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass instead of Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass
Amateur
10%
SoloQ
6%
Played in 10% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass (6%).

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 Surge72% · 17,829

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport69% · 17,103

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 131 games

Core (3 legendaries)6% · 167

6%of soloQ games

Stormsurge
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

≠ Amateur: Hollow Radiance, Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass instead of Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass. 10% · 200 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?

Better than expected against Vi in amateur play: +12.3 pts over 49 games, range above zero.

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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Vi57.1% · expected 44.8% · 49 g+12.3 ptSoloQ +0.2

Sylas45.2% · expected 44.4% · 31 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -0.9

Midgap to expected

Yone42.6% · expected 41.0% · 47 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +2.8

Akali48.4% · expected 45.6% · 31 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +2.9

ADCgap to expected

Jinx52.4% · expected 41.6% · 42 g+10.8 ptSoloQ -2.5

Caitlyn49.1% · expected 42.9% · 55 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -1.9

Kai'Sa49.0% · expected 45.1% · 49 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +2.8

Jhin51.8% · expected 49.4% · 56 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

Supportgap to expected

Lulu53.8% · expected 47.0% · 52 g+6.8 ptSoloQ -2.5

Leona50.0% · expected 45.1% · 48 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -0.3

Braum48.6% · expected 42.6% · 35 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +3.2

Nautilus50.0% · expected 47.1% · 56 g+2.9 ptSoloQ +2.5

Blitzcrank46.9% · expected 43.8% · 32 g+3.1 ptSoloQ -0.2

With

Topgap to expected

Ambessa50.0% · expected 44.8% · 42 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -0.4

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin56.5% · expected 43.8% · 46 g+12.7 ptSoloQ -0.5

Wukong58.8% · expected 50.0% · 51 g+8.9 ptSoloQ +1.9

Qiyana45.2% · expected 43.6% · 31 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -0.6

ADCgap to expected

Ashe66.7% · expected 48.5% · 30 g+18.2 ptSoloQ +1.8

Caitlyn60.0% · expected 47.3% · 45 g+12.7 ptSoloQ +0.7

Jhin48.8% · expected 40.9% · 43 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -1.8

Kai'Sa47.1% · expected 45.1% · 51 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +0.9

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine67.6% · expected 46.0% · 34 g+21.6 ptSoloQ +4.5

Leona51.3% · expected 45.1% · 39 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -1.5

Yuumi53.3% · expected 47.3% · 30 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +4.8

Nautilus43.8% · expected 43.1% · 48 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +0.9

Thresh48.5% · expected 46.6% · 33 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +0.1

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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