Galio with Zilean
How to Synergize Galio and Zilean
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Galio Zilean Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Galio with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Galio Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Galio in LoL
The Galio Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zilean helps Galio perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio plays on the same team as Zilean, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change may demonstrate that Zilean helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played alongside Zilean 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 Zilean.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Zilean on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Galio in teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Zilean
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Is Galio better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no perfect ally for Galio that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, Zilean is a pretty good teammate for Galio. By playing on the same side as Galio, he improves their win rate by 2.8% to 53.4%. This shows that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Galio and Zilean that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Zilean has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means you need to be careful when lining up Zilean teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, Galio players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by bringing Galio and Zilean together, you will not be giving your other teammates enough AD. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Galio in order to synergize with Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to include in your Galio and Zilean synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Zilean than with most other common builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 53.4% when playing alongside Zilean with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Galio players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.4% win rate overall.
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