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Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Ability Order
Happy Hour (PASSIVE)
Gragas Passive Ability
Intro
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Gragas is a Fat durable beast in lane, and a great dmg-dealer!
In this guide I'll show you how to use use him for yours, and your teams great advantage.
This guide will show you the path too achieving great dmg-output and how to maneuver this powerful fat ap-caster.
30.10.11
- updated the Items chapter
- overhauled the guide
- updated masteries after the Fizz patch
Abbreviated Terms
CC = Crowd Control (Stun, fear, slow, snare, etc)
AP = Ability Power
AD = Attack Damage
MPen = Magic Penetration
CDR = Cooldown Reduction
HP = Health/Health Points/Hit Points
AoE = Area of Effect
MRes = Magic Resistance
MReg = ManaRegen
HPReg = Hit Points Regeneration
CC = Crowd Control (Stun, fear, slow, snare, etc)
AP = Ability Power
AD = Attack Damage
MPen = Magic Penetration
CDR = Cooldown Reduction
HP = Health/Health Points/Hit Points
AoE = Area of Effect
MRes = Magic Resistance
MReg = ManaRegen
HPReg = Hit Points Regeneration
Pros
Good AoE slow with bodyslam
Massive burst from good ap ratios
Great lane sustenance with
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Free flash every few seconds with
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Can interrupt enemy teamposision, deal massive AoE dmg with
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Low cooldowns
Great farmer and hard too tackle in lane due too his great dmg and lane sustenance
Cons
Melee autoattacks
Easy to avoid barrel roll, if thrown far.
My masteries goes like this: MPen and ap, as well as buffing ur survivability to good levels with some armor and health.
This really gives you a great advantage early on in lanes vs bruisers and dmg-dealers, wich you are sure too meet if you play top solo or mid.
the reason why you need so much on defencive is too constantly be able too harrass with both
Body Slam and
Barrel Roll without being afraid of taking a hit or two. with you passive and these defencive masteries you will be a "pain the the lane", dealing tons of damage and constantly healing up passivly with
Happy Hour.
These masteries are also good mid-lategame to keep you not too squishy, since you can get quite wounderable midgame with this build.
A good
Gragas is somewhat impossible too take down 1v1 in lane.
This really gives you a great advantage early on in lanes vs bruisers and dmg-dealers, wich you are sure too meet if you play top solo or mid.
the reason why you need so much on defencive is too constantly be able too harrass with both
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These masteries are also good mid-lategame to keep you not too squishy, since you can get quite wounderable midgame with this build.
A good
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When it comes to runes I like to build them like this:
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Phase Rush
There are ofcouse many good varities of runes that fit
Gragas great, but the reason i have
chosen these runes are; It gives great burst early on in game and gives a solid manaregen together with
Drunken Rage for lasting in lane early on.
I choose the
Greater Seal of Scaling Mana Regeneration and
Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power that scale over time, since you get a good enough start-ap from the
Greater Quintessence of Ability Power, and Dorans Ring. The scaling runes really pay of later in the game where they scale up to get tree times better then the flat ones late game (at lvl 7 they are allready as good as the flat runes).
I like to be able too spam kegs mid and lategame without depending on the bluebuff.
But ofcourse, you should snatch the bluebuff as often as possible.
Runes
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There are ofcouse many good varities of runes that fit
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chosen these runes are; It gives great burst early on in game and gives a solid manaregen together with
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I choose the
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I like to be able too spam kegs mid and lategame without depending on the bluebuff.
But ofcourse, you should snatch the bluebuff as often as possible.
As for summonerspells i allways go for:
Flash is a great spell for Gragas. it makes you extremely hard too catch together with
Body Slam. Its really like having two flashes if you use
Body Slam correctly.
Flash can also be used to initiate together with
Explosive Cask and
Body Slam to catch that guy who sticks around for a bit too long after his team left or just for fun surpriceattacks.
I rarely use
Flash for initiation or chasing, since you really need it in bigger fights where you will get targeted. It will increase you chanses for surviving getting targeted greatly. It is important for your team that you get to use ur abilities effectively.
Ignite is a powerfull spell for finishing of those who try to escape Gragas, or for keeping those high selfhealing champs easier too bring down. its also good for using on those champs you know the supporters will try too heal.
Ignite also gives you a great shot at getting kills in lane early game.
jumpig two walls and escaping with 10 hp Gragas? No problem!
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Flash can also be used to initiate together with
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I rarely use
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Ignite also gives you a great shot at getting kills in lane early game.
jumpig two walls and escaping with 10 hp Gragas? No problem!
I tend too go something like this.
It happends that i change the order slightly depending on who I lane against, and how fed I get.
I always get
Barrel Roll first,
Body Slam second and
Drunken Rage third.
The reason is simple.
At level 2, you dont need the extra mana from drunken rage yet, and levelling
Body Slam will grant you more dmg as well as the ability to slow. This will increase your lanecontrol and chances for scoring FB greatly. Too keep your mana healty you shouldnt spam bodyslam too much early on, and you shouldnt need to either.
In the start you should only use
Body Slam for initiation, or for escaping if necessary.
You shouldnt have a problem farming with barrel roll and auto-attacks, since you allways have the
Body Slam as a safety if you need to get away.
If you dont want to go into melee-distance to the creeps, you should use the
Barrel Roll to last hit the low hp creeps. it should be possible to do this without hitting all the creeps, and pushing the lane.
At level three with
Drunken Rage you should be a real pain, taking reduced damage, dealing extra melee-dmg and regening mana. I tend too get most of my FBs on level 2-3. You should attack like this: use
Drunken Rage, Initiate with
Body Slam, autoattack,
Barrel Roll, auto attack. if you get the chance you follow up with
Body Slam,
Barrel Roll.
Ofcouse the timing of your initiation is very important.
after level 3 you should max
Barrel Roll for max dmg output, taking
Explosive Cask on level 6. When you have maxed
Barrel Roll, I often level one more
Drunken Rage for more usefull MReg, dmg-reduction. Now you max out
Body Slam taking
Explosive Cask when possible. and at the end finish the
Drunken Rage
It happends that i change the order slightly depending on who I lane against, and how fed I get.
I always get
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The reason is simple.
At level 2, you dont need the extra mana from drunken rage yet, and levelling
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In the start you should only use
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You shouldnt have a problem farming with barrel roll and auto-attacks, since you allways have the
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If you dont want to go into melee-distance to the creeps, you should use the
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At level three with
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Ofcouse the timing of your initiation is very important.
after level 3 you should max
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Start with
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At the first shopping trip home you should it depends alot on how you are doing what you buy, but you should allways get
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Next you should aim for early
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After you have finished
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If the enemy team are more agressive and deal alot of dmg, making you feel a bit woulnerable, you should get Catalyst the protector before your
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If they deal heavy ad you can get your
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in rare cases if you meet a team without high ap output or decent cc you can drop the
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Now you should have
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You can also consider swapping your
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Alternative Items
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If you really struggle in lane and are home for a early trip you can get a early
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if you are really in the gutter, you can finish the
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If you play against a heavy ad team you should get the
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If your enemy team only got ad you should drop the baneshees veil and get a
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If you play against a heavy AP team, you should get a
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Items you really dont need
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Gragas dont want is, Gragas dont need it!
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really no need to stack
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Seen many use this on Gragas. He really doesnt need this. if you think differently please explain to me why you use it.
Doesnt need the slow(only 15% on his mulitargetspells, Your
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Doesnt need the hp (
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You will get better AP from other items.
As i mantioned earlier you should try to harrass your opponent as much as possible. I prefer getting top lane with Gragas, since it makes me less woulnerable for ganks and you can be more aggressive in lane.
You should be able to harrass without pushing the creeps too much. Sometimes its impossible too avoid creeps pushing a bit. If your opponent mingles alot with the creeps, making it hard for you to hit him without pushing, you should after getting
Drunken Rage, go into creeps and auto attack him with the extra AD you get. if he runs out of the wave, follow up with
Body Slam and
Barrel Roll.
If he starts chasing you, you do the opposite;
Body Slam for slowing him, and
Barrel Roll.
After your first trip home, where you picked up a sight ward, you can play more agressivly, killing of creeps and harrassing with
Barrel Roll. you can keep pushing hard in lane and being a constant threath using
Body Slam if the opponent comes close enough, slowing him and giving you the chanse of dealing dmg with
Barrel Roll and auto-attacks.
you should be safe in the bushes if you are pushing in lane, being aware of gank and using your
Body Slam to escape, or in worst case
Flash if you get caught.
On level 6 you have a massive burst. You should attack like this 1v1: if he is trying to stay away from you, but you get an opportunity, use
Drunken Rage, fetch him with
Explosive Cask. Then use
Body Slam to slow and dmg, auto-attack,
Barrel Roll, autoattack, and if CD allows you use
Body Slam and
Barrel Roll
If he is close and you not completely sure if you can take him down you can start with
Body Slam saving
Explosive Cask for finishing, or pushing him away from you, or fetching him into the tower if chasing you.
You should be able to harrass without pushing the creeps too much. Sometimes its impossible too avoid creeps pushing a bit. If your opponent mingles alot with the creeps, making it hard for you to hit him without pushing, you should after getting
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If he starts chasing you, you do the opposite;
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After your first trip home, where you picked up a sight ward, you can play more agressivly, killing of creeps and harrassing with
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you should be safe in the bushes if you are pushing in lane, being aware of gank and using your
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On level 6 you have a massive burst. You should attack like this 1v1: if he is trying to stay away from you, but you get an opportunity, use
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If he is close and you not completely sure if you can take him down you can start with
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In teamfights you should allmost never let yourself be targeted. find a good location where you are hard too reach, or stand next to a wall, prepered to
Body Slam into safety.
The
Explosive Cask is great for using in start of teamfight to set the enemy team of position, or for fetching out the dmg-dealers, and at the same time deal massive dmg. spam
Barrel Roll as much as posible. if your team gets the upper hand you can go in and help finishing of with
Body Slam and auto attacks.
remember to allway use your
Drunken Rage as it reduses the dmg you take alot, and gives you some solid AD, as well as filling your mana.
if your team is pushing one lane and the enemy team is defending, you should always look for an opening too fetch a enemy with
Explosive Cask, giving you team valuable kills and good pushing-chanses.
Gragas is a great lanepusher, and with a decent ward set-up you should be able to push lanes quite far on your own, without being in a bit risk of getting caught.
Gragas is a great farmer, and are very item-dependent, so throughout the whole game you should always try to farm alot. In the end you should have one of the biggest farms in the game.
Thanks for reading this guide:)
This guide is allways under progress, so please post suggestions in the commentbox if you feel something is missing or can be improved.
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The
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remember to allway use your
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if your team is pushing one lane and the enemy team is defending, you should always look for an opening too fetch a enemy with
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Gragas is a great lanepusher, and with a decent ward set-up you should be able to push lanes quite far on your own, without being in a bit risk of getting caught.
Gragas is a great farmer, and are very item-dependent, so throughout the whole game you should always try to farm alot. In the end you should have one of the biggest farms in the game.
Thanks for reading this guide:)
This guide is allways under progress, so please post suggestions in the commentbox if you feel something is missing or can be improved.
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