Galio vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Galio
based on 3,898 Galio vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Blitzcrank
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.
Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Galio vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Galio against Blitzcrank counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, showing that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Galio often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Galio or Blitzcrank?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when playing against Blitzcrank, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Galio makes an ok counter for Blitzcrank.
While Galio does have a lower win rate compared to Blitzcrank, when they face off with one another, Galio also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Galio into Blitzcrank.
Moreover, Galio has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Galio vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Galio is a somewhat poor counter for Blitzcrank. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Galio against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Galio in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio on average gets much more CS as Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Galio versus Blitzcrank build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Galio incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Blitzcrank than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Galio had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Blitzcrank as Galio, Galio players should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Galio vs Blitzcrank battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Blitzcrank as Galio are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.