Premium build for disruption and broken tempo: Gragas must be able to create a fight that feels wrong for the enemy from one single angle. The premium build pushes further the idea that he is neither a pure assassin nor a standard tank, but a champion who wins when he makes enemy positioning wrong for several seconds in a row.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Gragas build (Jungle): Rabadon's Deathcap › Infinity Orb › Lich Bane › Luden's Echo › Void Staff, boots Boots of Mana, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,100 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
14,700 total cost -400gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +500g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Olaf
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Poppy
Liandry's Torment
Very durable
Lillia
Banshee's Veil
Magic damage
Mordekaiser
Morellonomicon
Recurring healing
Best Gragas build (Baron Lane): Rabadon's Deathcap › Luden's Echo › Infinity Orb › Stormsurge › Void Staff, boots Plated Steelcaps, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,200 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
14,700 total cost -500gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +400g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Olaf
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Fiora
Morellonomicon
Recurring healing
Jayce
Banshee's Veil
Magic damage
Yone
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Highly mobile
Best Gragas build (Mid Lane): Luden's Echo › Rabadon's Deathcap › Infinity Orb › Stormsurge › Void Staff, boots Boots of Dynamism, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,200 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
14,700 total cost -500gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +400g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Taliyah
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Highly mobile
Lucian
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Orianna
Banshee's Veil
Magic damage
Syndra
Banshee's Veil
Magic damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Gragas generates value by controlling enemy positioning and removing key targets. The build maximizes burst while adding survivability to avoid immediate punishment.
Amplifying Tome
Proc Sheen on AA after W Body Slam, heavy burst
Executes low-health targets after the E-W-Q combo
AP max for burst with the combo E-W-AA-Q
Sorcerer's Shoes
Stasis
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E-auto-Q lands inside a second on ganks — the proc adds the burst that decides early skirmishes.
E (Body Slam) dash triggers penetration magic to amplify the combo.
Converted ganks feed adaptive force — the next barrel hits hard enough to gank the same lane again.
Each kill in jungle boosts his AP to the barrels Q increasingly devastating.
Reduces incoming damage after his E so he survive his propre engage.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Oceanid's Trident
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Oceanid's Trident
