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
  欢乐时光

  古拉加斯可周期性地使用一个技能来治疗自身。

• Q
  滚动酒桶

  古拉加斯将酒桶滚到目标地点，酒桶可以被主动引爆或在到达目标地点4秒后自行爆炸。爆炸的威力会随时间持续提升。被酒桶炸到的敌人，移动速度会被降低。

• W
  醉酒狂暴

  古拉加斯品尝他的最新佳酿，持续1秒。在喝完之后，他会变得喧闹且好斗，下次普通攻击会对附近的所有目标造成更多伤害，并且自身所受的伤害会降低。

• E
  肉弹冲击

  古拉加斯向目标区域冲锋，在撞上第一个敌人后，对附近的所有敌方单位造成伤害和晕眩效果。

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

• R
  爆破酒桶

  古拉加斯向目标区域投掷他的酒桶，对爆炸范围内的所有敌人造成伤害和击退效果。

  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.