How to beat Gragas

Common role: Jungle

A drunken brawler who body-slams in and explodes your team apart with a barrel ult.

What makes Gragas dangerous

Gragas throws a damaging AoE barrel (Q), body-slams in with a knock-up (E), and his ultimate is an explosion that knocks enemies away — disrupting engages or peeling your carry into his team. He's a durable initiator with a shield and strong burst, controlling fights with displacement.

How to play against Gragas

• 1Dodge his E body-slam — it's a charged dash that knocks you up. Sidestep it and his engage combo has no lockdown.
• 2Respect his ult knockback — it can peel your carry away or scatter your engage. Position so it can't knock you into his team.
• 3Dodge his Q barrel — it's his poke and burst. Don't stand in the AoE, especially when it's fully fermented (bigger).
• 4His E shields him on impact — don't dump burst right as he slams in. Trade when his engage is on cooldown.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓E body-slam and Q barrel are dodgeable skillshots.
• ✓Ult knockback can be positioned around.
• ✓Mana-hungry early.
• ✓Kiteable outside his E engage.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Gragas's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Tournée

  Gragas récupère des PV quand il utilise une compétence.

• Q
  Fût roulant

  Gragas fait rouler son fût vers une zone ciblée ; le fût explose automatiquement au bout de 4 sec (vous pouvez activer l'explosion manuellement). La puissance de l'explosion augmente sur la durée. La vitesse de déplacement des ennemis touchés est réduite.

• W
  Rage d'ivrogne

  Gragas boit pendant 1 sec. Il devient alors turbulent et querelleur, ce qui lui permet d'infliger des dégâts magiques à tous les ennemis proches avec sa prochaine attaque de base et de subir moins de dégâts.

• E
  Coup de bidon

  Gragas charge vers une zone ciblée et percute le premier ennemi rencontré, infligeant des dégâts à tous les ennemis proches et les étourdissant.

  Strong: a charged body-slam that knocks up and shields him — his engage. Weak: dodge the dash and his combo has no lockdown.

• R
  Fût explosif

  Gragas lance son fût, infligeant des dégâts et repoussant les ennemis touchés par l'explosion.

  Strong: an explosion that knocks enemies away — disrupts engage or peels your carry. Weak: position so it can't knock you into his team.

Itemization

Gragas is an AP tank/initiator. Dodge his E and Q, position so his ult can't knock you into his team, and magic resist blunts his burst. Kite him outside his engage.

This guide covers Gragas's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.