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.
The Zeri Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zeri sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Galio helps Zeri perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zeri tries to synergize with Galio, they gets a little decrease in their complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Galio does not provide protection for them to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zeri is played with Galio on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Galio.
Additionally, when Zeri plays with Galio on the same side, they typically takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Galio does a decent job of protecting Zeri in team fights.
There is no perfect synergy for Zeri that will 100% of the time be their #1 ally. Yet, Galio is a very typical ally for Zeri. By playing on the same side as Zeri, he increases their win rate by 0.4% to 46.6%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Zeri and Galio that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Galio has a lower difficulty than Zeri. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Galio teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, Zeri players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Although, by bringing Zeri and Galio together, you probably will not be providing your team very much attack damage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Galio ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Zeri in order to work well with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Zeri and Galio synergy build include Bloodthirster, Experimental Hexplate, and Runaan's Hurricane. When Zeri used at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when paired up with Galio than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zeri boasted an average winrate of 46.6% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Galio with these items in their kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Zeri and Galio pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Galio with Zeri are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.