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Gragas Guide

the Rabble Rouser

Fighter

Mage

Tier A Top

Gragas, the Rabble Rouser, is a fighter and mage champion of medium difficulty. Across our 548 analysed ranked games, Gragas is mostly played in Top (67% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (18%) and in the Jungle (16%), with a 52.3% win rate in that role: tier A among Top champions (#6 of 51, ranked by win rate). Gragas's damage is mostly magic (90%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (50.9% to 53.2%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Averages measured over 365 Top games played with Gragas, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Gragas is a fighter-mage who heals with every ability. Barrel Roll slows and explodes (manually or after 4 seconds, with more power over time), Body Slam stuns, Drunken Rage reduces the damage he takes, and Explosive Cask knocks enemies back.

Harassment

Q › W › AA AA

When: An enemy is within barrel range.

Barrel Roll explodes on demand, its power increases over time and it slows; Drunken Rage sets up an area attack.

The engage

E › AA AA › Q › R

When: Several enemies are grouped.

Body Slam charges and stuns every enemy near the first one hit; Explosive Cask knocks back the enemies hit by the explosion.

Defense

W › E

When: You are being targeted.

Drunken Rage reduces the damage you take and deals damage to all nearby enemies with your next attack.

Laning phase

Every ability heals you thanks to your passive. Drunken Rage gives you damage reduction and an attack that damages all nearby enemies.

Common mistakes

• Detonating the barrel too early: its power grows with time.
• Casting the ultimate and knocking enemies back toward their allies.
• Using Body Slam with no plan for what follows.

Riot's official tips for playing Gragas

• The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
• Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
• Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame (20 games, 60.0% win rate).

Lich Bane+Hextech Rocketbelt+Shadowflame

20 games · 60.0%

Lich Bane+Shadowflame+Stormsurge

15 games · 73.3%

Rabadon's Deathcap+Lich Bane+Shadowflame

13 games · 69.2%

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport50.0% · 308 games

Flash + Ignite67.3% · 52 games

Most-played runes

Stormraider's Surge + Inspiration

50.5% · 182 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band100%

Transcendence97%

Scorch76%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight88%

Biscuit Delivery63%

Shards

Adaptive force71%

Adaptive force97%

Health scaling69%

Stormraider's Surge + Precision

56.4% · 55 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band100%

Transcendence98%

Gathering Storm53%

Secondary tree · Precision

Legend: Haste94%

Cut Down56%

Shards

Ability haste51%

Adaptive force98%

Health scaling58%

Arcane Comet + Inspiration

57.9% · 38 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band100%

Transcendence100%

Scorch100%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight97%

Biscuit Delivery79%

Shards

Adaptive force84%

Adaptive force95%

Health scaling68%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Gragas's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team58.3% · 108 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Hextech Rocketbelt 63.0% ▲

Lich Bane 63.0%

Rod of Ages 40.7% ▼

Shadowflame 62.5%

Imperial Mandate 84.2%

Zhonya's Hourglass 62.5%

The item that stands out most is Hextech Rocketbelt: 63.0% win rate, +8 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team54.5% · 101 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Hextech Rocketbelt 61.4% ▲

Lich Bane 62.9%

Rod of Ages 58.3%

Cosmic Drive 61.9%

Imperial Mandate 44.4%

Luden's Echo 42.9%

The item that stands out most is Hextech Rocketbelt: 61.4% win rate, +6 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team46.8% · 156 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Hextech Rocketbelt 46.4% ▼

Lich Bane 60.9%

Rod of Ages 40.5% ▼

Shadowflame 65.7% ▲

Cosmic Drive 61.9%

Zhonya's Hourglass 55.0%

The item that stands out most is Shadowflame: 65.7% win rate, +6 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Gragas in Top

Jayce Gragas: 41.2%17 games

Jayce has the edge in 59% of the 17 Top duels against Gragas. See the Jayce guide.

Who Gragas is strong against

Jayce41.2% · 17 games

How to play against Gragas

• Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
• Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Gragas's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveHappy Hour

Gragas periodically heals upon using a skill.

QBarrel Roll

Gragas rolls his cask to a location, which can be activated to explode or will explode on its own after 4 seconds. The potency of the explosion increases over time. Enemies struck by the blast have their Move Speed slowed.

WDrunken Rage

Gragas samples his latest brew for 1 second. After finishing, he becomes boisterous and belligerent, dealing magic damage to all nearby enemies on his next basic attack and reducing damage received.

EBody Slam

Gragas charges to a location and collides with the first enemy unit he comes across, dealing damage to all nearby enemy units and stunning them.

RExplosive Cask

Gragas hurls his cask to a location, dealing damage and knocking back enemies caught in the blast radius.

Frequently asked questions

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