Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several critical Sivir vs. Galio counter stats that may help us understand the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Galio..
Sivir usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Galio. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sivir usually fairs equally well when facing off against Galio, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes an ok counter to Galio.
While Sivir does have a lower win rate compared to Galio, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Sivir into Galio.
Furthermore, Sivir also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Galio. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sivir is a somewhat poor counter for Galio. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sivir against Galio.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sivir to counter Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Galio. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Sivir versus Galio build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Galio than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Galio with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Galio as Sivir, Sivir players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Sivir vs Galio battles, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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