Matchup

Heavy AP damageHeavy CCHigh burstStrong engage

You are stronger late game — farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Gragas

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Dark Seal
Refillable Potion

Core build

Malignance
1Mage
Seraph's Embrace
2Mage
Mejai's Soulstealer
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Rod of Ages
5HP

Summoner spells

41278%
41412%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Zhonya's Hourglass
5vs AD
Frozen Heart
vs AD

Anti Tank

Void Staff
5vs Tank

DPS

Rabadon's Deathcap
Mage
Archangel's Staff
Mage

Other options

Rod of Ages
HP
Muramana
100.0% WR1 games
InspirationInspiration
First StrikeFirst Strike
Cash BackCash Back
Triple TonicTriple Tonic
Cosmic InsightCosmic Insight
DominationDomination
Ultimate HunterUltimate Hunter
Sudden ImpactSudden Impact
Adaptive ForceHealth ScalingHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
KassadinKassadin
GragasGragas
Careful
Careful
Aggressive

Gragas's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Happy Hour (P)

Gragas periodically heals upon using a skill.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
310s5s14s
68s5s14s1m40
96s5s14s1m40
116s5s14s1m25
166s5s13s1m10
186s5s12s1m10

Playing against Gragas

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Gragas' R knocks back massively: stay spread from your allies so he doesn't push you all together.

2

His E can be stopped by CC during the dash — a stun or knockup stops him dead.

3

If Gragas misses his E, he loses his main engage and burst damage for ~12s.

4

His Q is visible on the ground: move out of the zone before he detonates it.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026