League of Legends’ Galio is getting a huge rework update

The not-so-popular stone guardian of League of Legends, Galio, is going to actually look like a stone guardian with the coming major Warwick-size update, hiting the PBE soon according to Riot’s latest tease.

Riot confirmed some months ago that Galio was next for a rework following Warwick. Galio’s kit of spells had been very lackluster. Aside from the fact that Galio and all of his spells look very dated, they are also boring to use. He has two skill-shots—one that slows his targets, and one that speeds up his allies when they walk behind it. He also has a shield that grants a chunk of resistance to the ally he gives it to, and a big, flashy ultimate that taunts everyone near him. The skills don’t sound too bad, but when you think about his theme as a champion, it starts to get muddled up.

According to the lore, Galio is a giant, stone gargoyle destined to protect the proud nation of Demacia. The current Galio doesn’t give you that feel when you play him, you don’t feel like you’re a giant stone guardian, you feel like you’re an oversized bat.

Riot didn’t give us many details in its state of champion post, but one line stuck out that’s enough to make us all very, very excited for this update: “Galio will likely be our largest transformation to date.” Warwick’s update only a couple of months ago was a huge success. His play rate skyrocketed from about a meager 4 percent to about 23 percent upon his release, and is now placed in the top ten of overall jungle performance