Galio with Brand
How to Synergize Galio and Brand
based on 4,742 Galio with Brand pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Brand Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Brand
Tips for Playing as Galio with Brand
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 Understand How Brand Will Play
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Galio Brand Synergy Stats
How to Play with Brand as Galio in LoL
The Galio Brand synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Brand, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Galio sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Brand. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Brand helps Galio perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio tries to synergize with Brand, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Brand does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played alongside Brand on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Brand. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Brand.
Moreover, when Galio plays with Brand on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Brand does a poor job of protecting Galio during teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Brand
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Is Galio better when played alongside Brand?
There is no one best synergy for Galio that will always be his top teammate. However, overall, Brand is a very typical teammate for Galio. By being on the same side as Galio, he improves their win rate by 0.5% to 51.1%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Galio and Brand that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Brand has a lower difficulty than Galio. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Brand allies to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing alongside, Galio players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Galio and Brand together, you may not be providing your team a lot of sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Brand teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Galio in order to work well with Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to build first in your Galio and Brand synergy build consist of Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Brand than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 51.1% when playing alongside Brand with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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