Galio with Leona
How to Synergize Galio and Leona
based on 2,945 Galio with Leona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Leona Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Leona
Tips for Playing as Galio with Leona
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 Leona Will Play
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
Galio Leona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Leona as Galio in LoL
The Galio Leona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Leona, 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 Leona. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Leona helps Galio perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio tries to synergize with Leona, he observes a noticable increase in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Leona provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played with Leona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Leona.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Leona on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Leona does a decent job of protecting Galio during team fights.
Synergies between Galio and Leona
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Is Galio better when played alongside Leona?
There is no ideal companion for Galio that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, Leona is a decent ally for Galio. By locking into the same side as Galio, she improves their win rate by 2.0% to 52.6%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Galio and Leona that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Leona has a lower difficulty than Galio. That means Galio players don't need to be careful when lining up Leona comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing alongside, Galio players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Together, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by aligning Galio and Leona together, you will not be granting your team enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Leona ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
If you would like to truly master Galio to pair well with Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Galio and Leona synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Galio bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Leona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when playing alongside Leona with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against 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 combinations that we analyzed for Galio and Leona pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.
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