Galio with Poppy
How to Synergize Galio and Poppy
based on 1,417 Galio with Poppy pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Poppy Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Poppy
Tips for Playing as Galio with Poppy
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 Poppy Will Play
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
Galio Poppy Synergy Stats
How to Play with Poppy as Galio in LoL
The Galio Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, 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 Poppy. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Poppy helps Galio perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Galio is an ally to Poppy, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Poppy supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played with Poppy on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Poppy.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Poppy on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Poppy does a poor job of covering Galio during teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Poppy
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Is Galio better when played alongside Poppy?
There is no perfect companion for Galio that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, Poppy is a very typical teammate for Galio. By locking into the same side as Galio, she drops their win rate by -0.8% to 49.8%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Galio and Poppy that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Poppy has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means you should be very careful when finding Poppy teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by bringing Galio and Poppy together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that fills this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Poppy teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Galio and Poppy 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 Poppy than with many other common item sets. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing alongside Poppy with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Galio players 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 used for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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