Zed with Galio
How to Synergize Zed and Galio
based on 1,099 Zed with Galio pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zed Galio Synergy Summary
Best Zed vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zed and Galio
Tips for Playing as Zed with Galio
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.
Advice to Understand How Galio Will Play
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.
Zed Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Zed in LoL
The Zed Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zed sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Galio helps Zed perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zed plays on the same team as Galio, he sees a small decrease in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Galio does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zed is played with Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Galio. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Galio.
Moreover, when Zed plays with Galio on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Galio does a poor job of covering Zed during team fights.
Synergies between Zed and Galio
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Is Zed better when played alongside Galio?
There is no perfect synergy for Zed that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Galio is a very bad ally for Zed. By locking into the same team as Zed, he decreases their win rate by -3.6% to 44.8%. This demonstrates that there is a terrible bond between Zed and Galio that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Galio has a lower difficulty than Zed. That means Zed players don't need to be very careful when lining up Galio comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working alongside, Zed players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by aligning Zed and Galio together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much utility. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Galio ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zed to pair well with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Zed and Galio synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Zed combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Galio than with many other common builds. In fact, Zed had an average winrate of 44.8% when playing alongside Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.8% winrate overall.
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