Zilean vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Zilean
based on 1,106 Zilean vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Galio Counter Build
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Core Zilean Items
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Guide to Countering Galio as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Galio
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Win Against Galio
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.
Zilean vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several critical Zilean against Galio matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Galio. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Galio. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Galio
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Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Zilean or Galio?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when playing against Galio, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes an ok counter to Galio.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate compared to Galio, when facing one another, Zilean also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Galio.
Furthermore, Zilean also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Galio matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter for Galio. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Galio.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean
Additional Information for Zilean Players
How We Calculated Our Zilean vs Galio Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to counter Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically racks up less CS as Galio. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Galio build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Galio than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Galio with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Galio as Zilean, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Zilean vs Galio counters, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Galio as Zilean are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.