Gragas Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.0%
- Pick rate
- 0.8%
- Ban rate
- 0.4%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Domination +
Sorcery 
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Sudden Impact
Grisly Mementos
Ultimate Hunter
Manaflow Band
Scorch
Summoner spells
52.5%
101 games
Max order
Q
W
E
90.0%
10 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Gragas
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Gragas wins 50.0% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (136 games).
- Most common core: Lich Bane → Shadowflame → Rabadon's Deathcap — 80% win rate over 5 games.
- Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 70% of games with a 51% win rate.
- Best matchup: Syndra (62% over 8 games). Hardest: Yone (60% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 100.0% | 3% (4) | |
| 66.7% | 2% (3) | |
| 62.5% | 18% (24) | |
| 60.0% | 11% (15) | |
| 60.0% | 7% (10) | |
| 56.3% | 52% (71) | |
| 55.6% | 60% (81) | |
| 55.6% | 26% (36) | |
| 50.0% | 3% (4) | |
| 46.2% | 29% (39) | |
| 35.0% | 15% (20) | |
| 33.3% | 4% (6) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Inspiration 
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Domination +
Sorcery
Domination +
Sorcery
Keystones
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
50.5%70% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
48.6%26% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
60.0%4% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
52.5%74% pick
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Flash + Teleport
40.6%24% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
45.5%22 games
Q
W
E
90.0%10 games
E
Q
W
0.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: E → W → Q (47%), Q → E → W (50%), Q → W → E (75%).
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PHappy HourGragas periodically heals upon using a skill.
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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 slowe...
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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.
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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.
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RExplosive CaskGragas hurls his cask to a location, dealing damage and knocking back enemies caught in the blast radius.