Galio with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Galio and Caitlyn
based on 9,549 Galio with Caitlyn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Caitlyn Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Galio with Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Galio Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Galio in LoL
The Galio Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, 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 Caitlyn. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Caitlyn helps Galio perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio plays on the same team as Caitlyn, he gets a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Caitlyn doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played together with Caitlyn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Caitlyn.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Caitlyn on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Caitlyn does a decent job of protecting Galio during teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Caitlyn
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Is Galio better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no perfect synergy for Galio that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, Caitlyn is a very typical companion for Galio. By playing on the same side as Galio, she lowers their win rate by -0.2% to 50.4%. This shows that there is only a small synergy between Galio and Caitlyn that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Caitlyn has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means you need to be very careful when arranging Caitlyn teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
Although, by bringing Galio and Caitlyn together, you may not be granting your other teammates a lot of magic damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Caitlyn ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 Galio to synergize with Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Galio and Caitlyn synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Galio included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Caitlyn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 50.4% helping carry Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Galio and Caitlyn pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.
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