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Gragas Top build & stats

FighterMage A 998 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
52.9%
Pick rate
2.4%
Ban rate
0.5%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
57.1% 56 games

Build in this order

Lich Bane 1
Lich Bane
2,900 gold
Shadowflame 2
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap 3
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
9,600 gold
66.7% WR 12 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
57.6% 224 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Sorcery Sorcery
72.2% WR
18 games · 2% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ghost
60.0% 10 games

Max order

Barrel Roll Q Drunken Rage W Body Slam E
61.5% 13 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 52.9% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (998 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Lich Bane → Shadowflame — 66% win rate over 32 games.
  • Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 76% of games with a 53% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Sett (73% over 11 games). Hardest: Aurora (12% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
66.7% WR
12 games · 1% pick
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
50.0% WR
10 games · 1% pick
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
60.0% WR
10 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
57.1% WR
56 games · 6% pick
Sapphire Crystal
Sapphire Crystal
Refillable Potion
Refillable Potion
44.4% WR
9 games · 1% pick
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Tear of the Goddess
Tear of the Goddess
66.7% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
57.6% WR
224 games · 22% pick
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
50.0% WR
158 games · 16% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
60.0% WR
25 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
72.7% 1% (11)
68.1% 5% (47)
65.7% 7% (67)
61.3% 6% (62)
61.0% 6% (59)
60.4% 5% (48)
58.9% 7% (73)
58.3% 17% (168)
58.1% 9% (86)
52.5% 22% (219)
52.0% 12% (123)
42.1% 2% (19)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
48.0% WR
98 games · 10% pick
Stormraider's Surge
Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Resolve Resolve + Sorcery Sorcery
72.2% WR
18 games · 2% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Second Wind Overgrowth Manaflow Band Scorch
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
75.0% WR
12 games · 1% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight

Keystones

  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 53.2%36% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 58.7%5% pick
  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 65.0%4% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 48.0%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 54.7%37% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 54.0%9% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 60.0%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Barrel Roll Q Body Slam E Drunken Rage W 56.0%50 games
Barrel Roll Q Drunken Rage W Body Slam E 61.5%13 games

Most common first three levels: E → W → Q (76%), Q → E → W (61%), E → Q → W (36%).

  • PHappy 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 slowe...

  • 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.