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

Gragas vs Garen

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

based on 2,174 Gragas vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Garen as Gragas resulted from an examination of 2174 ranked matches where both champions clashed against each other. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Gragas fights Garen in only 3.3% of his rounds.

Gragas vs Garen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas does a poor job of countering Garen. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.4% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Gragas against Garen games, Gragas’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood against Garen.

Best Gragas vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveShadowflameZhonya's HourglassRod of Ages

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
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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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E
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Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Garen as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Garen

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 Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Gragas vs Garen Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Garen Image
5.5
< Kills >
6.1
5.7
< Deaths >
5
7.1
< Assists >
4
1.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
110
< Minions Killed >
184
0.63
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.65
1,553
< Physical Damage >
14,520
18,119
< Magic Damage >
194
670
< True Damage >
4,689
20,342
< Damage Dealt >
19,404
30,000
< Damage Taken >
32,256
11,239
< Gold Earned >
12,415
1.42
< Towers >
2.95
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
12,616
< Total Healing >
3,178
14,118
< Experience >
15,637
21
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
429
< Time Dealing CC >
148

How to Counter Garen with Gragas in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some vital Gragas against Garen matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Garen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Garen..

Gragas often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Garen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Garen

Who is Better, Gragas or Garen?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gragas usually loses when playing against Garen, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes a poor counter to Garen.

While Gragas does have a lower winrate than Garen, when facing one another, Gragas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gragas into Garen.

Additionally, Gragas also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Gragas is a bad counter for Garen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gragas against Garen.

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

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Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Gragas, we analyzed 2,174 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 Garen 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Gragas to counter Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas most often accumulates less CS compared to Garen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Gragas versus Garen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Garen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gragas had an average winrate of 47.4% when countering Garen with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Garen as Gragas, Gragas players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Gragas vs Garen counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.

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