Galio with Zed
How to Synergize Galio and Zed
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Galio Zed Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Zed
Tips for Playing as Galio with Zed
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 Zed Will Play
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Galio Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Galio in LoL
The Galio Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, 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 Zed. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zed helps Galio perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Galio is an ally to Zed, he sees a noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Zed doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played alongside Zed on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zed.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Zed on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Zed does a poor job of protecting Galio during team fights.
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Is Galio better when played alongside Zed?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Galio that will always be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Zed is a very bad companion for Galio. By being on the same side as Galio, he decreases their win rate by -5.8% to 44.8%. This demonstrates that there is a terrible synergy between Galio and Zed that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Zed has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means Galio players should be careful when arranging Zed comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, Galio players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by aligning Galio and Zed together, you probably will not be providing your side very much support. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Zed teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Galio to synergize with Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Galio and Zed synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Zed than with many other common item sets. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 44.8% when playing alongside Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Galio players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.8% winrate overall.
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