Galio ARAM Mayhem Build

The Colossus. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #46 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21TankMageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.0%
Pick rate: 5.6%
Rank: #46 of 173
Games: 1,296,308
Patch: 26.21

How to play Galio in ARAM Mayhem

Galio is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #46 of 173 champions, with a 51.0% win rate over 1,296,308 games.

75% of Galio's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It soaks 64,445 damage per game and mitigates another 123,476, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. With 56 seconds of crowd control per game it is one of the team's main sources of lockdown.

Most Galio players go Tank (65% of games), but the AP path, ability power items, is ARAMKit's top-ranked build: Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff, with a 52.5% win rate. On this build 43% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Galio are Infinite Recursion, Back To Basics and Lich Brain. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by health and resistances. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Multishot and Heavy Is The Crown when you can: they do worst on Galio. A pair to look for: Eureka with Hand of Baron.

Take Flash and Mark (94% of players). Max Q (Winds of War) first, then W, then E. Players who max W first instead win a little more often, so it is worth trying.

Galio ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Galio game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

52.5% win rate · 8% of Galio games · 89,936 games

Start

Amplifying Tome
Guardian's Orb

Core items, in buying order

Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff

Boots on the AP build for Galio, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	18%
No boots	43%
Sorcerer's Shoes	30%

Situational, after the core

Stormsurge27% buy it
Lich Bane11% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass26% buy it
Riftmaker8% buy it
Banshee's Veil7% buy it
Luden's Echo3% buy it

Other build paths

Other Galio build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
TankHeartsteel, Unending Despair, Warmog's Armor		65.1%	51.5%

Games: the share of all Galio games that went this way.

Most bought items

Heartsteel71% of games
Unending Despair47% of games
Warmog's Armor47% of games
Thornmail32% of games
Mercury's Treads28% of games
Hollow Radiance24% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean20% of games
Randuin's Omen17% of games
Riftmaker17% of games
Shadowflame15% of games

Best augments for Galio

Every card with enough Galio games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Galio's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Galio

9 S tier and 36 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Galio in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Lich Brain	Silver	Tier S	Gain (30+4% Bonus Health) Ability Power.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier S	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Bread And Jam	Gold	Tier A	Your selected ability gains 100 Ability Haste.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Soul Eater	Gold	Tier A	Immobilizing an enemy champion grants 20 max Health. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 300 Health.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier A	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Cruelty	Prismatic	Tier A	On Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion, summon a comet above them. The comet lands after 1 second, dealing (50–150 (by level) +40%…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Slap Around	Silver	Tier A	Each time you Immobilize or Ground an enemy, gain a stack granting 10 Adaptive Force. Lose 50% stacks on death.
Mystic Punch	Prismatic	Tier A	On-Hit Effects On-Hit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds Ability Haste.
Celestial Body	Gold	Tier A	Gain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Purist - Caster	Silver	Tier A	Conversion Rate: 0.65 Ability Haste per 1% Attack Speed

Average on Galio
48 cards, best first

Below average on Galio
29 cards, best first

Weakest on Galio
16 cards, best first

Best first augment for Galio

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Galio's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Back To Basics, Infinite Recursion and Upgrade Immolate come out on top.

The best augments for Galio in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Back To BasicsTier S	Bread And JamTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Back To BasicsTier S
2	Infinite RecursionTier S	Infinite RecursionTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Lich BrainTier S
3	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Lich BrainTier S	With HasteTier S
4	Lich BrainTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	EurekaTier S	Shadow RunnerTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier S	Lich BrainTier S	Shadow RunnerTier S	Warlock JuiceboxTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Galio, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark94% of players · 51.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 49.6% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 50.9% win rate

Skill order

QWinds of War
WShield of Durand
EJustice Punch

Max Q first. 48% of players use this order (52.2% win rate); put points in R whenever you can. Maxing W first (11% of players) wins 55.0%.

Galio in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 7.2 / 11.2 / 30.8
KDA: 3.68
Damage to champions: 34,747
Damage taken: 64,445
Self-mitigated: 123,476
Healing on allies: 6
Shielding on allies: 1,910
Crowd control: 56 s
Kill participation: 69%
Game length: 16:54

Damage type

Physical 18%Magic 75%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Galio build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Galio: Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The most played build is Tank.

What are the best augments for Galio in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Galio, best first: Infinite Recursion, Back To Basics, Lich Brain, Mad Scientist and Wooglet's Witchcap. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Galio good in ARAM Mayhem?

Galio is tier A on patch 26.21, #46 of 173 champions, with a 51.0% win rate over 1.3 million games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Galio in ARAM Mayhem?

For Galio's first pick on patch 26.21: Back To Basics, Infinite Recursion, Upgrade Immolate, Lich Brain and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem

Get Galio's build and card tiers in your game

LazyElo is a free Windows app that sits next to the League client. In the Mayhem lobby it shows which champion on your bench is strongest; in the game you type the three cards you're offered and see their tier for Galio side by side, with this build in the overlay.

Download LazyElo for Windows

Free plan, no ads. For Windows 10 and 11.

Plans and pricing The ARAM Mayhem overlay

ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Galio counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.