Galio: Mid or Top?

[quote=Re4XN]Probably going to write a guide and I am trying to gather as much information as possible. I have been playing nothing but [[Galio]] in the past 2 weeks (obviously an exaggeration) and I have tried him both Top and Mid lane with similar results. Basically, if you play him Mid Lane, your opponent will (most likely) be AP, allowing you to take advantage off of [[runic skin]], whereas if you go Top Lane (not counting champs like [[Maokai]],...) your opponent will be most likely AD, meaning you'll have to get some armour early on and your passive won't be used to it's fullest. My friends keep insisting he's a Top Laner because he's labeled as a "Tank", but I still feel like Mid Lane is the best position for [[galio]] because it allows you to build MR while receiving bonus AP from his [[runic skin]], cutting your efforts in half. EDIT: How do you feel about [[Tear of the Goddess]] on [[Galio]]? I tried it out against an AD lane and it worked wonders (I later upgraded it into [[Seraph's Embrace]]).[/quote]

[quote=MungoGeri]Galio is usually considered a mid laner for the reasons you gave. Of course, he can do decently top if he's up against an AP opponent like teemo, vlad or maokai.[/quote]

[quote=Jimmydoggga 2.0]I've seen AP jungle Galio be viable too. I know it's not part of the topic but still........[/quote]

[quote=H4xDefender]generally better top, has a lot of bad matchups mid.[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]Galio is a situational champion anyway that you pick to specificly counter enemies.[/quote]

[quote=DBlakes30]I really like Galio as a champion but I think NicknameMy is right when it comes to him being situational. I think with the mid meta right now, having to play strong assassin or high dps mid laners, Galio just doesn't fit into it too well. He could be a really strong counter pick top lane into Vladimir, Rumble, and Ryze but he isn't someone you would first pick. I personally want to start seeing him support against the ap mages and the mixed damage adc's like Corki.[/quote]

[quote=Re4XN]Just to give an example, I did some random draft picks last week (didn't want to risk running into [[yasuo]]s YET) and picked [[Galio]] against every single [[leblanc]] I met. They couldn't kill me and roaming was litteraly impossible for them without suffering at least one casualty from my ultimate. Yes, I agree that [[galio]] is a counter-pick, mainly because he sucks against AD laners (like that [[yasuo]] I mentioned), but his damage is super-high against every single mid-laner and he does have assasination burst damage (moreover, his spells are all AoE, meaning that if you land your ult and [[resolute smite]] well, you can insta-kill 2 or even 3 targets). Granted, building [[Galio]] with a ton of AP isn't necessarily the best way (because it leaves you "squishy"), but that's why you have a tank on your team, right? Also, no-one has answered my [[tear of the goddess]] proposal :/[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy][[tear of the goddess]] sucks on him as he has no spamable spells to stack it. And why would you not go for [[athene's unholy grail]] on [[galio]]? Of course, the MR doesn't help vs AD Laners but for what [[seeker's armguard]] exist? All other occassions should be good with [[bulwark]]'s huge resistances anyway.[/quote]

[quote=Re4XN]What I have been doing SO FAR: AD Mid: [[seeker's armguard]] > [[morellonomicon]] (Athene's is pretty much useless unless they have a good source of magic damage) AP Mid: [[Athene's Unholy Grail]] > rest of the stuff Building Athene's vs an AD laner is a really bad idea. I think [[morellonomicon]] is a far better option, right after getting [[seeker's armguard]]. Also, I'm going to have to disagree with you on [[galio]] not having spam abilities to effectively stack [[tear of the goddess]]. Provided your jungler isn't a complete ar*e and you have access to Blue Buff, it is easy to stack it. But I'm going to have to play some more games to see the time it takes to stack vs how efficient it is...[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]If the enemy team doesn't have a good source of magic damage, why you are playing [[Galio]] again? That is like playing [[taric]] against [[sivir]] + [[morgana]] + [[rumble]] + [[nidalee]] + [[orianna]].[/quote]