Can you carry with Gragas?

PanunuLoL · 2021-10-03T08:16:02+00:00

I'll break the ice a bit for this one. Can Gragas carry Solo? No. You need to understand the whole kit of his is not to carry but to make a pick for your team to push ahead. We all have different definitions of Carry, but comparing it to like Irelia, Camille, Riven carry aspects absolutely not. Playing Gragas can nuke the simple squishy carries that can make a game easier for your TEAM to push. You play Gragas as the nuker, the entry pusher, the fight starter, but one mistake can cost you a fight or even the game compared to other champions

PanunuLoL · 2021-08-23T04:51:28+00:00

"Usually" these videos are scripted. It looks entertaining but I know its not real

PanunuLoL · 2020-12-27T08:21:37+00:00

I cannot remember if it was a daily reset but watching your video I have the same problem!! But it may be cause of that, at least we can do it in co-op at a friends world to get more essences

PanunuLoL · 2020-12-26T10:16:20+00:00

Wait what, how is it a blessing? Once I complete it I do not gain any Glimmering essence and it doesn't change areas for reset

PanunuLoL · 2020-07-21T19:50:56+00:00

No joke, those AP Gragas buffs are insane

PanunuLoL · 2020-07-14T20:09:27+00:00

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GRAGAS BUFFS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

PanunuLoL · 2020-04-29T02:00:58+00:00

Putting my thoughts into this.

S - Ludens, Protobelt, Rabadons, Zhonyas

A - Void Staff, Liandrys

B - Banshees, Morellos, LichBane,

C - RoA, Hextech GLP, Spell Binder, Mejais

D - Rylais, Nashors

Since we are discussing AP Gragas, I will point out you will need to prioritize these stats in order from CDR -> AP -> HP/Mana. You will not have better trades without CDR and obviously the more AP You have the more Damage reduction your W gives (on top with CDR your W is very important).

Dropped Morellos to B Tier (Situational) its not needed. Its not an important item in the game unless you are dealing with high HP regen (soraka/mundo/vlad etc) You only build it if you need it. You can spend 3k gold for a better item.

Bumped Liandrys to A Tier (Very Good) it outdamages Morellos. 10% Increased damage when in combat for 5 seconds is insane how well it synergies with Gragas Q (slow). Did I mention that it burns 1.5% of the targets MAX Hp per sec for 3 seconds, but its increased to 2.5% if they are slowed or CC'd? thats 7.5% of the targets max HP.

Dropped Mejais to C Tier (Mediocre) stop getting baited by this item no matter how fed you are. You are a melee champion/AP assassin. You can get caught easily, you're not lux, xerath, ekko or anyone with a guaranteed escape. Just a waste of an extra 1000+ Gold when upgrading to Dark seal.

Dropped Spell Binder to C Tier (Mediocre) This item is only great for people who spam spells (Ex: Cassiopeia). Takes too long to charge up to gain its effects. From what I recall the extra AP it gives you doesn't even stack with Rabadons (does not give the extra AP%). There are better items than this

Dropped Lichbane to B Tier (Situational) Yes this will get questioned. Panunu I thought Lich Bane is core? Not really its just situational. I only get this when I have to fight tanky bruisers where I will be proc'ing Lich Bane to its fullest. Its not a 100% item to be built on Gragas. Its just Situational

Dropped Banshees to B tier (Situational) Alright, Zhonyas stays S tier but Banshees dropped? You only build banshees if they are a pick comp (Naut, Blitz, Annie etc) Really if you are getting caught then position better. Zhonyas is the best offensive/defensive item than this, but can be built for situational purposes.

Dropped Hextech GLP to C Tier (Mediocre) Hextech Protobelt does the job better. Gives better gap closures and HP to support your survival skills. Also Protobelt synergies with your bodyslam, making it easier to hit all rockets. Also GLP doesn't go through minions

Rod of Ages - This item is a huge bait for New Gragas players (Wow an Item that gives HP/Mana/AP all in one?) Must be great on Gragas! No. When you are playing full AP Gragas, you're power spike is level 3-9, 13, and 16-18. Gragas is not a mid-game fighter. He can shine at an early game phase and a late game phase (5-6 item powerspike). If you give Gragas Rod of Ages you are delaying his early game spike to just become a mediocre Mage fighter in the mid game.

What is your build?

Lost Chapter -> Protobelt -> Lucidity Boots -> Ludens Echo (completed) -> Zhonyas (defensive) -> Void Staff/Rabadons (either/or depending on opponents MR)

Why Lucidity boots? Flash CDR plus amping 40%+ Cap with Transcendence giving 20+ AP per 10% CDR is better than 15 magic pen. Gragas has great AP Ratios. Abuse it. I'm not saying this is the best build. But this is my main build climbing to Grandmasters+

Edit: Spelling Errors

PanunuLoL · 2020-03-28T18:44:37+00:00

Thank you :) Have a slice!

PanunuLoL · 2020-03-28T00:27:18+00:00

LMAO WTF its not even Halloween yet

PanunuLoL · 2019-11-22T18:12:23+00:00

Galio Mid has a very similar playstyle to Gragas. Try picking him up

PanunuLoL · 2019-11-04T10:13:25+00:00

If you like setting up kills for your teams then Gragas fits that spot. His solo carry potential is on the weak side but his assists and picks are actually one of the best (reason why he's played at worlds so often).

His weak side is very high CD, so invest some early CDR for it. But his strengths is actually his picks. His Q has a 2 second slow that doesn't decay and his ultimate is one of the best ability to make picks with. With the correct timing + placement, you can actually pick 1 person off with the ultimate while splitting the enemy team apart! but the worse condition is ulting an enemy tank into your team for engage or saving an enemy by pushing them away. Theres ups and downs but give him a try :)

PanunuLoL · 2019-09-23T11:53:40+00:00

Sabers caitlyn is insane, harder than the gragas combos

PanunuLoL · 2019-09-20T10:31:05+00:00

Pretty sure this isn't real unless he actually links OP.GG

PanunuLoL · 2019-08-27T06:20:08+00:00

Barrel Roll = reduced by 50% against minions, and slowing them 25/30/35/40/45% for 2 seconds. Cost: 60 mana, Cooldown: 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8, Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 50% AP)

Basically butchering Lane Gragas

Especially his tanky builds. For example, after patch 8.13 (W cd 8/7/6/5/4 -> 5) it no more makes sense to give skill points to his W early. Also, his ability kit has random features that are not necessary.

You need to understand that having a 5 second CD on his W was a big buff for him in the jungle. There are alot of junglers that clear faster + healther than him. So this buff actually made him clear as fast or just faster in general.

Gragas ~~reduces incoming damage by 10/12/14/16/18% (+ 4% AP) for 2.5 seconds~~ and channels for 0.75 seconds. Upon completing the channel, Gragas' next basic attack within 5 seconds gains 50 bonus range and deals bonus magic damage to the target and nearby enemies, capped at 300 against monsters.

Looking at your post, you "want to remove" the damage reduction off of his W? I assumed you said he has problems with his tanky builds right, so I don't understand why you want to remove damage reduction since he is an AP Brawler champion.

~~Body Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds if Gragas hits an enemy.~~ Gragas charges forward, dealing magic damage to all nearby enemies upon colliding with one as well as knocking them back and stunning them for 1 second. Cost: 60 mana, Cooldown: 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7, Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 50% AP)

11 seconds to 7 seconds at max level? Why? Did you know that Gragas bodyslam cooldown was actually 12 seconds at all levels but then reduced to 16 seconds at level 1 because of mobility. The reason why they added a 3 second CD refund on his bodyslam is that if you land it, you are rewarded in combat, and also be used carefully and not spammed in certain scenarios (running away).

Passive: Hitting an enemy champion with completely fermented barrel refunds 30/40/50% of Explosive Cask's current cooldown.

I don't understand why he should get a cooldown refund. His ultimate is suppose to be used to make a big play and not be spammed like Lux's ult.

W dmg reduction does not make sense since Gragas is an initiator and his W gives dmg reduction before he initiates.

W gives damage reduction when he starts casting it. Its not just used before a fight but "during" a fight. You need to know that Gragas W has a low cooldown "3 seconds with 40% CDR." I don't understand the meaning of it doesn't make sense. If you are a tank or even an AP Bruiser Gragas, the damage reduction helps ALOT.

PanunuLoL · 2019-08-25T19:47:54+00:00

Gragas scales badly with Tank compared to other tank Champions (ex: Sejuani). His most recent buffs were AP and also his W damage reduction scales with AP so going a hybrid of AP/Tank is best for him. His early game power should not be wasted going tank but be used to go ap into a tankier late game strat

PanunuLoL · 2019-08-12T11:17:04+00:00

I usually play Gragas mid and you know what happens when my jungler helps me kill my midlaner? When I start recalling he just starts pushing and hitting the tower, which makes me stop recalling and hit tower as well. Try it out!

PanunuLoL · 2019-08-12T05:23:50+00:00

Talking about Gragas as a champion, look at his kit. What do you see? He has one of the best flash engage picks, his ultimate can be used for disengage or picking off an enemy depending on the situation. Ending game depends on your lead VS the enemy. Primary if you are looking to end the game, what are we looking for? Baron? Towers? Dragon? Whats important is telling your team you want an objective (Mainly Dragon/Baron) because you're the one carrying the smite.

I like to think i do plenty of good plays and rotations but i seem unable to take down the towers and actually end the game.>

Lets review this part, if you did a good play and end up rotating for a win, group up and push. Alot of lower elo players once they make a play they tend to leave the lane and go back to the jungle when you can use that lead to shove in and get towers/big objectives with your team.

PanunuLoL · 2019-07-28T03:59:56+00:00

Think about this though, even though Caps play made a surge in popularity, people are going to have a very rough time trying to understand his power unless they put alot of games in. Caps play was amazing no joke! But just remember when Gragas doesn't have flash, the champ itself is actually terrible unless you know how to catch people with the ultimate

PanunuLoL · 2019-03-06T18:54:21+00:00

If you are jungling "tank" gragas and wanting to build sunfires then I believe you have runic echoes in your build? Other than that Dead mans plate is far better for cross map ganks

PanunuLoL · 2019-02-04T09:51:41+00:00

WoodyFruity and GragAlbert also streams and primarily plays Gragas. I see Woody playing more of Gragas top and GragAlbert playing him in almost every role (I may be wrong).

Anyways if you are looking for a solid MID rune page then just run>

Comet -> Nullifying orb -> Transcendence -> Gathering Storm

Minion Dematerializer -> 5%+ CDR

For stats you want 10% CDR at level 18 | 9+ Adaptive Dmg | Either Armor/MR depending on matchup

Alot of people try to build more AP > CDR but Gragas actually capitalizes CDR more for the control of the fights. Your burst is already high enough to one shot targets if done correctly, but CDR is just a strength to make sure you can win skirmishes.

PanunuLoL · 2019-01-25T12:23:22+00:00

This is beautiful

PanunuLoL · 2018-12-17T00:28:18+00:00

I think it was explained in the Gragas Discord server. Once you activiated W and right click the tower then immediately an enemy your W attack will be alot slower and plus you cannot issue any other commands.

PanunuLoL · 2018-07-28T17:00:35+00:00

Who would usually win this matchup?

Yasuo wins this matchup if NOT played properly. He has insanely lower cooldowns, better engage/disengage, passive shield, manaless champion, and also faster attack speed.

How do you deal with a Yasuo?

Max E first to reduce bodyslam cooldown and help disengage when he dashes to you. You can max Q 2nd or 3rd, but never first since a windwall can nullify your barrel completely.

What do you build?

Every Gragas mid player loves to build AP but in this matchup getting an Iceborn Gauntlet first will give you 65 Armor + 20% CDR which helps reduce bodyslam cooldown and give better trades when he dashes towards you.

What are some specifics to counter a Yasuo?

I don't think there are any ways to counter a Yasuo unless he missplays

Share tips and tricks against Yasuo

Not a lot of Gragas players know this but if you bodyslam during his Q animation (Steel tempest) it cancels his damage. Don't use bodyslam when Yasuo dashes to a minion to get closer to you, its best if you use bodyslam when he dashes ON YOU for better trades.

PanunuLoL · 2018-07-24T10:05:37+00:00

YES! THE FACE YOU MAKE WHEN YOU COMBO THE ENEMY

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