Matchup

Heavy AP damageHeavy CCHigh burstStrong engage

Build vs Gragas

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Health Potion
x2

Core build

Locket of the Iron Solari
1HP
Frozen Heart
2vs AD
Randuin's Omen
3vs AD

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Solstice Sleigh
5HP

Summoner spells

41469%
3419%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Knight's Vow
5vs AD

Anti Heal

Thornmail
6vs Hybride

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Bandlepipes
5vs Hybride
Force of Nature
vs AP
Abyssal Mask
vs AP
Kaenic Rookern
vs AP

Other options

Solstice Sleigh
HP
Celestial Opposition
HP
Zeke's Convergence
Tank
Redemption
Mikael's Blessing
HP
Protoplasm Harness
Survival
100.0% WR2 games
ResolveResolve
AftershockAftershock
Font of LifeFont of Life
Bone PlatingBone Plating
UnflinchingUnflinching
InspirationInspiration
Biscuit DeliveryBiscuit Delivery
Cosmic InsightCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
ThreshThresh
GragasGragas
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral

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