Galio with Nasus
How to Synergize Galio and Nasus
based on 2,532 Galio with Nasus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Nasus Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Nasus
Tips for Playing as Galio with Nasus
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 Nasus Will Play
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Galio Nasus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nasus as Galio in LoL
The Galio Nasus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nasus, 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 Nasus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Nasus helps Galio perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio is paired with Nasus, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Nasus supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played alongside Nasus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nasus.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Nasus on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Nasus does a poor job of covering Galio in teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Nasus
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Is Galio better when played alongside Nasus?
There is no perfect ally for Galio that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Nasus is a very typical ally for Galio. By being on the same team as Galio, he improves their win rate by 0.3% to 50.9%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Galio and Nasus that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Nasus has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means Galio players need to be careful when finding Nasus comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, Galio players should 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.
In contrast, by pairing Galio and Nasus together, you may not be granting your other teammates a lot of utility. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Nasus teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Galio to synergize with Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to use in your Galio and Nasus synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio included at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Nasus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 50.9% when playing alongside Nasus with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Nasus with Galio are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.