Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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 stats shown on this page show some strategic Vladimir against Galio matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Galio..
Vladimir often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Galio. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vladimir usually fairs equally well when taking on Galio, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes an ok counter to Galio.
While Vladimir does have a lower win rate compared to Galio, when on opposite teams, Vladimir also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Galioas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vladimir also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vladimir is a somewhat poor counter to Galio. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vladimir against Galio.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir to counter Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Galio. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Vladimir versus Galio build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Galio than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average winrate of 49.7% battling Galio with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Galio as Vladimir, Vladimir players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Vladimir vs Galio counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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