Galio with Darius
How to Synergize Galio and Darius
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Galio Darius Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Darius
Tips for Playing as Galio with Darius
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 Darius Will Play
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Galio Darius Synergy Stats
How to Play with Darius as Galio in LoL
The Galio Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Darius. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Darius helps Galio perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Galio is an ally to Darius, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Darius does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played with Darius on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Darius. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Darius.
Moreover, when Galio plays with Darius on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Darius does a decent job of covering Galio during teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Darius
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Is Galio better when played alongside Darius?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Galio that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Darius is a below average companion for Galio. By playing on the same side as Galio, he lowers their win rate by -1.3% to 49.3%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Galio and Darius that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Darius has a much lower diffuclty than Galio. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Darius comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by bringing Galio and Darius together, you probably will not be granting your team a lot of AP. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Darius teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will 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 Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Galio and Darius synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Darius than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing alongside Darius with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Darius with Galio are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.