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How to Win Gragas vs Diana Counter MatchupGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas vs Diana

How to Beat Diana as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Diana as Gragas

based on 2,666 Gragas vs Diana matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League games that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Diana as Gragas came out of an evaluation of 2666 ranked games where both champs clashed against one another. This counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Gragas has to counter Diana in only 4.1% of his games.

Gragas vs Diana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas does a terrible job of countering Diana. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.9% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Gragas versus Diana games, Gragas’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood against Diana.

Best Gragas vs Diana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Void StaffShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveRabadon's DeathcapSeraph's EmbraceLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gragas to level upq
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Second ability for Gragas to level upe
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Last skill for Gragas to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Diana as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Diana

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.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

Advice to Win Against Diana

Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.

Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.

Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.

Gragas vs Diana Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Diana Image
6.1
< Kills >
7.8
5.9
< Deaths >
6.7
7.3
< Assists >
6.6
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
106
< Minions Killed >
98
0.6
< Dragons Killed >
0.85
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,459
< Physical Damage >
2,052
18,072
< Magic Damage >
19,074
605
< True Damage >
989
20,137
< Damage Dealt >
22,116
29,408
< Damage Taken >
25,097
11,220
< Gold Earned >
12,446
1.37
< Towers >
1.78
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.23
12,056
< Total Healing >
6,203
13,934
< Experience >
14,373
20
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
7
410
< Time Dealing CC >
135

How to Counter Diana with Gragas in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Gragas vs. Diana matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Diana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Diana..

Gragas normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Diana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and Diana

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Diana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Diana

Who is Better, Gragas or Diana?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gragas usually loses when playing against Diana, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Gragas makes a poor counter to Diana.

While Gragas does have a lower winrate than Diana, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Gragas into Diana.

Furthermore, Gragas has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Gragas is a trash counter for Diana. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gragas against Diana.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gragas

Gragas Loses Against

SingedSinged43.2% winrateLeonaLeona43.5% winrateNilahNilah43.8% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench43.9% winrate

Gragas Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee53.5% winrateYuumiYuumi53.3% winrateAkshanAkshan52.6% winrateKarthusKarthus52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Master YiMaster Yi+ 52.2% 2152 GamesDr. MundoDr. Mundo+ 52.4% 787 GamesTaricTaric+ 52.5% 602 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.7% 2056 Games

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Diana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Diana as Gragas, we analyzed 2,666 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Diana as Gragas comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Gragas Build Diana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Gragas to counter Diana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Diana. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Gragas versus Diana build consist of Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Diana than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 46.9% when countering Diana with this counter build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Diana as Gragas, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Gragas vs Diana LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.

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