# Galio Counters Who counters Galio? Best and worst picks against Galio by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Galio in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) ## Page Content [Galio guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) [Play against Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/how-to-play-against/) [Galio counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/counters/) Best and worst picks against Galio in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Swain, Pantheon and Annie beat Galio most often. Irelia, Naafiri and Zed win the laning phase against Galio by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Galio Highest win rate versus Galio in Mid. - 1 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 136 games 61.8% - 2 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 133 games 55.6% - 3 [Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) 160 games 55.0% - 4 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 349 games 54.7% - 5 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 406 games 54.7% - 6 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 200 games 54.5% - 7 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 952 games 54.4% - 8 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 129 games 54.3% - 9 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 568 games 54.0% - 10 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 126 games 54.0% - 11 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 158 games 53.8% - 12 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 551 games 53.7% - 13 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 652 games 52.9% - 14 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 343 games 52.8% - 15 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 935 games 52.7% ## Worst picks against Galio Lowest win rate versus Galio in Mid. - 1 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 203 games 41.4% - 2 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 1,252 games 43.9% - 3 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 161 games 44.7% - 4 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 275 games 45.1% - 5 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 165 games 45.5% - 6 [Cassiopeia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/cassiopeia/) 129 games 45.7% - 7 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 304 games 46.4% - 8 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 1,191 games 46.4% - 9 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 632 games 46.7% - 10 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 739 games 46.8% - 11 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 204 games 47.1% - 12 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 1,000 games 47.1% - 13 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 514 games 47.5% - 14 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 120 games 47.5% - 15 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 130 games 47.7% ## Best lane counters vs Galio Largest gold lead over Galio at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 121 games +1,174 - 2 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 142 games +1,026 - 3 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 206 games +930 - 4 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 246 games +801 - 5 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 133 games +654 - 6 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 131 games +599 - 7 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 457 games +591 - 8 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 325 games +548 - 9 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 322 games +520 - 10 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 188 games +391 - 11 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 161 games +371 - 12 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 200 games +370 - 13 [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) 566 games +358 - 14 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 278 games +333 - 15 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 236 games +322 ## How to play against Galio Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Hit the first wave early so he cannot win level two and roam for free. - Stand outside the minion wave to make Q choose between poke and push. - Path around his W and flash range when chasing; do not turn a won skirmish into his engage. - Punish roams by shoving mid and taking plates when you cannot arrive first. - Delay burst until W ends, because hitting into his damage reduction wastes your fight start. ## Where Galio is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Galio's engage is short-ranged and telegraphed, so disciplined spacing forces him to rely on Flash or allies. - He is built to blunt magic burst, but sustained physical damage and kiting wear down his front line. ## Galio counters: questions ### Who counters Galio in Mid? At Gold+, Swain (61.8%), Pantheon (55.6%) and Annie (55.0%) have the highest win rates against Galio. ### Who does Galio counter? Galio wins most often against Ryze (41.4%), Akali (43.9%) and Azir (44.7%). ### Who wins lane against Galio? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+1,174), Naafiri (+1,026) and Zed (+930) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Galio. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Naafiri counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)