Zilean with Galio
How to Synergize Zilean and Galio
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Zilean Galio Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Galio
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Galio
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.
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.
Zilean Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Galio helps Zilean perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean plays on the same team as Galio, he observes a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Galio does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played together with Galio on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Galio. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Galio.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Galio on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Galio does a decent job of covering Zilean during teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Galio
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Galio?
There is no top champion pairing for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Galio is a pretty good ally for Zilean. By being on the same side as Zilean, he increases their win rate by 2.7% to 53.4%. This proves that there is pretty good synergy between Zilean and Galio that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Galio has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Galio teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing alongside, Zilean players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by bringing Zilean and Galio together, you will not be giving your side enough AD. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Galio teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to work well with Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to use in your Zilean and Galio synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Galio than with most other common builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 53.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.4% winrate overall.
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