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Gragas

The Rabble Rouser

Equal parts jolly and imposing, Gragas is a massive, rowdy brewmaster who's always on the lookout for new ways to raise everyone's spirits. Hailing from parts unknown, he searches for ingredients among the unblemished wastes of the Freljord to help him perfect his latest concoction.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

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P
Happy Hour
Q
Barrel Roll
W
Drunken Rage
E
Body Slam
R
Explosive Cask

Gragas

Overview

On patch 16.21, Gragas is rated C tier in the top lane, winning 48% of 1,451 ranked games with a 1.5% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Stormraider's Surge with Flash and Ignite and builds Lich Bane, Shadowflame, Rod of Ages, and Sorcerer's Shoes.

Gragas struggles most against Gnar (29%), Cho'Gath (35.5%), and Yasuo (37.8%) and does best against Tryndamere (57.7%), Garen (55.7%), and Pantheon (55.2%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 1,451 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

48%

Win rate

1.5%

Pick rate

1.5K

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as Gragas

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

Playing against Gragas

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

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Matchups

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Strong against

Tryndamere57.7%26
Garen55.7%61
Pantheon55.2%29
Gangplank55.0%20
Yone54.2%59

Weak against

Gnar29.0%31
Cho'Gath35.5%31
Yasuo37.8%37
Aatrox38.1%42
K'Sante38.1%21

Abilities

P
Happy Hour
Gragas periodically heals upon using a skill.
Q
Barrel Roll
Gragas rolls his cask to a location, which can be activated to explode or will explode on its own after 4 seconds. The potency of the explosion increases over time. Enemies struck by the blast have their Move Speed slowed.
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6Cost: 80Range: 850
W
Drunken Rage
Gragas samples his latest brew for 1 second. After finishing, he becomes boisterous and belligerent, dealing magic damage to all nearby enemies on his next basic attack and reducing damage received.
Cooldown: 5Cost: 30Range: 20
E
Body Slam
Gragas charges to a location and collides with the first enemy unit he comes across, dealing damage to all nearby enemy units and stunning them.
Cooldown: 14/13.5/13/12.5/12Cost: 50Range: 600
R
Explosive Cask
Gragas hurls his cask to a location, dealing damage and knocking back enemies caught in the blast radius.
Cooldown: 100/85/70Cost: 100Range: 1000