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

Gragas vs Kled

How to Beat Kled as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kled as Gragas

based on 828 Gragas vs Kled matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League games that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Kled as Gragas came out of an examination of 828 ranked games where both champions faced off against each other. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Gragas fights Kled in only 1.3% of his rounds.

Gragas vs Kled Matchup Summary

Gragas does a ok job of countering Kled. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.9% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Gragas against Kled rounds, Gragas’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood versus Kled.

Best Gragas vs Kled Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassLuden's CompanionHextech Rocketbelt

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

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kled as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Kled

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 Kled

Watch Kled's courage bar when he's off his mount - when it reaches 100%, he will remount and regain a significant amount of health.

Kled is much more threatening when he has Violent Tendencies ready.

Kled generates courage by damaging enemies with his Pocket Pistol and basic attacks, killing minions, and attacking structures or epic monsters.

Gragas vs Kled Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Kled Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.4
5.9
< Deaths >
6.2
7.5
< Assists >
6.7
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
111
< Minions Killed >
165
0.59
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.58
1,638
< Physical Damage >
21,774
19,315
< Magic Damage >
154
626
< True Damage >
953
21,580
< Damage Dealt >
22,881
29,159
< Damage Taken >
38,070
11,155
< Gold Earned >
12,161
1.56
< Towers >
3
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
11,859
< Total Healing >
6,199
13,819
< Experience >
14,569
20
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
416
< Time Dealing CC >
110

How to Counter Kled with Gragas in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several strategic Gragas against Kled matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kled’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kled..

Gragas usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kled. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and Kled

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Kled
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Kled

Who is Better, Gragas or Kled?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kled, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Gragas makes an ok counter for Kled.

While Gragas does have a lower win rate than Kled, when they face off with one another, Gragas also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gragas into Kled.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Kled matchups, Kled is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Gragas is a somewhat poor counter to Kled. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Kled.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Kled Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kled as Gragas, we analyzed 828 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 Kled 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Gragas in order to counter Kled during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Kled. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gragas versus Kled build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Kled than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Kled with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Kled as Gragas, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Gragas vs Kled LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kled as Gragas are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.