Everything for Galio Mid on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Galio's win conditions.
Galio is an AP tank in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 51.5% win rate, 4.1% pick rate, 47,780 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Galio spikes hardest in the mid game around the two-to-three-item mark — that is the window to force fights and objectives.
How Galio wins: roaming out of lane to snowball the rest of the map, and landing engage and starting fights on Galio's terms. The kit grades 10/10 roaming, 9/10 engage, 9/10 teamfighting. Galio's soft spots are split-push (3/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Hollow Radiance, Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass, which holds a 57.1% win rate across 2,073 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Wukong, where Galio sits at just 42.7%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (60.0%), and on the team side, Galio gains the most from a Cassiopeia (+7.4% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Galio Mid this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
Galio Mid's worst matchups on patch 16.11, ranked by how often they win the lane. Ban these to smooth the game out.
Champions whose presence raises Galio's win rate most as Mid, by pair WR delta over Galio's solo performance.
Galio is also played in these other roles this patch.
Drafting a whole team? The Team Builder coaches all 10 picks at once. Want Galio's current standing? Open the Tier List.