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

Gragas vs Maokai

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

based on 2,775 Gragas vs Maokai matchups
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches each and every week. Within our database, Gragas faced off against Maokai in 2775 games. Using so many matchups for Gragas vs Maokai provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide enlightening stats and a pro build to annihilate Maokai. This particular champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Gragas is forced to battle against Maokai in only 4.2% of his games.

Gragas vs Maokai Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a awful job of countering Maokai. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.2% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Gragas against Maokai matches, Gragas’s side is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Maokai.

Best Gragas vs Maokai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSapphire Crystal

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

CryptbloomCosmic DriveLiandry's TormentVoid Staff

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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Guide to Countering Maokai as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Maokai

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 Maokai

The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.

Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.

Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.

Gragas vs Maokai Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Maokai Image
5.7
< Kills >
2.9
5.9
< Deaths >
5.8
7.4
< Assists >
12.9
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
109
< Minions Killed >
49
0.57
< Dragons Killed >
0.3
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,541
< Physical Damage >
1,722
18,761
< Magic Damage >
11,558
687
< True Damage >
1,000
20,989
< Damage Dealt >
14,281
29,903
< Damage Taken >
29,236
11,167
< Gold Earned >
9,360
1.48
< Towers >
1.53
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
12,345
< Total Healing >
9,343
13,853
< Experience >
11,427
21
< Vision Score >
47
8
< Wards Placed >
19
418
< Time Dealing CC >
427

How to Counter Maokai with Gragas in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several strategic Gragas versus Maokai matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Maokai..

Gragas often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Maokai. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and Maokai

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Maokai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Maokai

Who is Better, Gragas or Maokai?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gragas usually loses when playing against Maokai, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, Gragas makes a bad counter for Maokai.

While Gragas does have a lower winrate than Maokai, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gragas into Maokai.

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Gragas is a terribly counter for Maokai. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Maokai.

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 Maokai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Maokai as Gragas, we analyzed 2,775 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 Maokai 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

To truly master Gragas in order to counter Maokai during both the early game 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas typically picks up more CS compared to Maokai. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Gragas versus Maokai build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Maokai than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 46.2% when playing against Maokai with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Maokai as Gragas, Gragas players should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Gragas vs Maokai counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.2% winrate overall.

If you need to get Gragas x Maokai tips and builds for a a particular rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and guides displayed are computed using all games finished with these champions.