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

Gragas vs Ezreal

How to Beat Ezreal as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ezreal as Gragas

based on 4,120 Gragas vs Ezreal matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
6.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Ezreal as Gragas came out of an analysis of 4120 ranked matches where both champions faced off against each other. This particular counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Gragas encounters Ezreal in only 6.3% of his rounds.

Gragas vs Ezreal Matchup Summary

Gragas has done a ok job of countering Ezreal. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Gragas versus Ezreal games, Gragas’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood against Ezreal.

Best Gragas vs Ezreal Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

RiftmakerRabadon's DeathcapCryptbloomLich 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

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Ezreal

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 Ezreal

Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.

Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.

Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.

Gragas vs Ezreal Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Ezreal Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.6
5.7
< Deaths >
5.7
7.2
< Assists >
7
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
108
< Minions Killed >
178
0.61
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.5
1,489
< Physical Damage >
16,200
18,498
< Magic Damage >
7,391
652
< True Damage >
599
20,639
< Damage Dealt >
24,191
30,613
< Damage Taken >
20,404
11,342
< Gold Earned >
11,996
1.52
< Towers >
2.31
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
13,096
< Total Healing >
5,546
14,156
< Experience >
12,806
21
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
420
< Time Dealing CC >
91

How to Counter Ezreal with Gragas in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Gragas versus Ezreal matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ezreal’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ezreal..

Gragas typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Ezreal. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Gragas and Ezreal

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Ezreal
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Ezreal

Who is Better, Gragas or Ezreal?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Ezreal, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Gragas makes an ok counter for Ezreal.

While Gragas does have a higher winrate compared to Ezreal, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Gragas into Ezreal.

Furthermore, Gragas has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ezreal. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Ezreal matchups, Gragas is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Gragas is a decent counter to Ezreal. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gragas against Ezreal.

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 Ezreal Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ezreal as Gragas, we analyzed 4,120 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 Ezreal 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 Ezreal Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Gragas in order to counter Ezreal during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas often accumulates less CS relative to Ezreal. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Gragas versus Ezreal build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Gragas combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Ezreal than with most other common builds. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 50.5% battling Ezreal with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Ezreal as Gragas, Gragas players should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Gragas vs Ezreal counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.

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